<금방울전>의 서사구조와 금방울의 여성적 특성

Abstract

This paper explored the topics from the narrative structure of <Geumbanguljeon> and studied the meaning of Geumbangul's problem solving and communication method, focusing on women's life and feminine characteristics. The narrative of <Geumbanguljeon> is seen a story about joining relation between hero and heroine broke up in a previous life and reviving the lives of women who have been tortured. Not only did this narrative restore Yongnyo's personally damaged lives but also extend to the whole of women's lives. This is based on the fact that Yongnyo and Geumbangul are the object of male desire and shows the typical patterns of women exposed to violence. In chapter 3, explored the Geumbangul's characteristics of the way in which solves the problem. Despite being able to kill a person by using transcendent abilities, Geumbangul solved the problem mainly through caring and living. Geumbangul is not performing and imitating the ideal qualities of a male hero, but solving the problem through feminine characteristics. In chapter 4, explored the Geumbangul's characteristics of the way in which communicates with each other. Geumbangul communicated through the non-verbal way using the whole body. Geumbangul showed the face of a woman who was forced to silence and couldn't speak own's desires. Geumbangul that can not speak, symbolizes the figure of a woman who couldn't utter her own desires and was forced to silence. However, she could communicate through non-verbal methods, even if she couldn't speak verbal. By using the whole body, she could express empathy, rejection, and resistance to the someone.