영상서사에 재현된 환향녀 원귀의 양상과 의미 ― TV 단막극에 재현된 환향녀 원귀를 중심으로

초록

This study set out to analyze the reproduction styles and grudge-resolution processes used by Returning Ladies in three one-act TV dramas featuring Returning Ladies as Ghosts of Resentful Death (Returning Lady, Episode 23 of Home of Legends in 1997; Returning Lady, Episode 8 of Home of Legends in 2008; and Returning Home - Juibulnori, Episode 1 of Drama Special Season 3 in 2012). In the first one-act drama, the main character, Lady Song, has internalized the patriarchal system, and echoes the male voice even after she becomes a Ghost of Resentful Death. She attributes the source of her grudge to the question of national power , forgives her mother-in-law (who hired a man to kill her), and chooses to be included in the old system. In the second one-act drama, the Ghosts of Resentful Death refuse to internalize the male-dominant ruling order and avenge themselves on random men. The main character, Suyeon, however, fails to take revenge on her mother-in-law, who is directly involved in her death. Her husband commits suicide for her, but he cannot save her. In this drama, the Ghosts of Resentful Death criticize the old order that stigmatized them as Returning Ladies, but fail to find an alternative to overcome it. In the last one act drama, there are no real Ghosts of Resentful Death; rather, the characters are Returning People or their relatives who live in the village and disguise themselves as Ghosts of Resentful Death. They are thus living Ghosts of Resentful Death who sympathize with the resentment and anger of the Returning Lady and unite in a scheme to murder Jinsa Mun, her stepbrother, for revenge. The victims form a community by gathering together, rejecting the old order, and taking revenge on him in their own ways. Returning Ladies in contemporary video narratives portray the lives of the women that fell victim to the tragic historical events, including the Japanese Rule and Korean War, and the ways that this society reacted to them. Efforts should be made to summon their strength and to confront such shameful aspects of history, rather than covering up such issues.

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