「금방울전」 , 「김원전」의 영웅 형상화 방식과 의미 - 설화의 수용과 영웅소설의 변주를 중심으로 -

초록

This study examines Geumbangwooljeon and Kim Won Jeon in terms of the narrative variations of schematism in hero novels. It investigates the significance of the embodiment of two heroes, Geumryeong and Kim Won. Both follow the narrative structure of a hero’s overall story, but deviate from a schematic development by accepting the myths of egg birth and destroying a monster in an underground realm and rescuing an abducted woman. In Geumbangwooljeon and Kim Won Jeon, the protagonists undergo a “transformation from a non-human being to a human being” by changing their forms to overcome abandonment” and crisis in childhood. This shows that the novels accept the egg birth myth. The protagonists demonstrate their heroic nature with their extraordinary abilities, focusing on the extermination of a monster by accepting the myth of destroying a monster in an underground realm and rescuing an abducted woman. This is a different style from most hero novels that depict the hero as overcoming the crisis of a modern order, such as conspiracy and war. Even though Geumryeong and Kim Won have been endowed with abilities by the Heaven, they cannot reveal their heroic aspects completely. Geumryeong is neglected by her parents and people around her for being born in a non-human form despite her transcendent abilities. After changing her form, she is not able to exert her transcendent abilities and is restricted by her family. Kim Won is a Taoist hermit with miraculous powers, born in a non-human form and isolated from his family and society. After changing his form and studying the Book of Heaven’s Revelations, he gains extraordinary abilities. He cannot, however, destroy a monster without the assistance of a helper. After escaping from the underground world, he gets helplessly killed by an ordinary being. Both Geumbangwooljeon and Kim Won Jeon accepted a myth to deviate from the typical development of hero novels, in which they show hybridism between a hero to protect the system and a mythical figure. Geumbangwooljeon accepts mythical imagination to embody Geumryeong in a non-human form and a female hero that assists her husband as his wife. It is her husband Haeryong that plays the typical heroic role to protect the national order. This narrative compromise is a strategy to seek narrative variations while keeping the genre of hero novels.

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