〈권익중전〉의 서사 혼종과 대중화 전략

초록

This paper attempted to examine classical literature as popular literature of this period by examining the narrative structure of “Right and Right Jungjeon,” which was enjoyed until the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The 19th century is already a period of cultural expansion with social and economic growth. Various cultural aspects coexisted through internal commercial development and the influx of new culture from outside. Among them, classical novels also made various changes in response to the changing society of the time. “The Right and Right Jungjeon” is a work that has changed in a way that variates and mixes various narrative elements. The narrative of “The War of Rights” is largely composed of a love story centered on the rights of the first half and a hero story centered on the right of the second half of Gwonseon-dong. However, the two narratives are not presented in parallel, forming variations in the existing schematic narrative development, influencing each other’s narratives and combining them. The elements of the first half of the affection story make the second half of the hero story probable, and the hero narrative of Gwonseon-dong leads to the realization of the first half of the affection story and forms a complete narrative. In the process, mythological factors such as love narratives, real songs other than hero narratives, regenerative motifs, and birth through the combination of the two worlds or being granted gods create narrative probability. At this time, the combined narrative elements also show a pattern of variation and hybridization without following the purpose or structure of the existing narrative. Variations and hybridization of narrative elements occur by offsetting the points at which narratives may collide. In the process, “Right and Right Jungjeon” leads to the combination of various narratives centered on the family community. A narrative connection of “individual-family-state” is established by connecting families and families between affection stories dealing with individual emotions of men and women and hero stories defending the national governance system. In addition, Gwonseon-dong and Oknangmok, an external antagonist, appear as internal beings for the solidarity of the family community, connecting various mixed narratives into a process of a large event. The narrative of family formation is completed as a compromise between the love story centered on individual emotions and the hero story centered on the protection of the community. Around the family community, narrative elements are transformed and mixed, and narratives with a single completeness are created, not stories arranged in parallel. In the process, the variations and hybridization of the narrative can be seen as reflecting the demand of the public at the time. Variations and hybridization of narratives are one of the strategies to survive as popular literature between the rapidly changing cultural trend of the times and the cultural trend to maintain the existing governance system firmly. Through the popularization strategy, classical novels, including “The War of Rights,” were able to continue their vitality by enjoying them to the time. It is necessary to reconsider popular literature that has changed in modernization and achieved popularization and secularization without devaluing classical novels from the 19th to 20th centuries into popular novels and secular novels.

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