조선후기 科擧談의 轉載와 變改 ―『 東稗洛誦』 所在 科擧談을 중심으로 ―

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the realities and its cultural background of the state examination through the state examination stories in 『 Dongpaeraksong』, and to investigate the circulation and enjoyment of related anecdotes through the reprints and modifications of state examination stories. The state examination stories in 『 Dongpaeraksong』 amount to eleven pieces, each meticulously depicting the influence of the state examination. For this reason, most of the state examination stories in 『 Dongpaeraksong』 are highly fictional, yet they are also reality-oriented. Additionally, ten of the stories were transmitted to the later generations. In the later collections of Yadam(野談) that adopted these stories, contemporary realities and desires related to the state examination were arranged elaborately by reprints and modifications and factuality was reinforced through detailed descriptions. Through these characteristics, it is identified that the state examination was a major source of conflict during the formation of new values in the late Joseon Dynasty, confirming its still effective influence. Moreover, the state examination stories featuring fatalism contained the desires of those drifting away from achieving fame and prestige. This fatalism was an expression of dissatisfaction with the crumbling reality of the state examination in the late Joseon Dynasty and a way of longing for the era when the examination system was still intact.