여성 인물형상을 통해 본 <崔陟傳>의 창작의도

Abstract

Through looking into the characters of the heroine Ok-young in thenovel Choicheokjeon, this study aims to examine the expected readersand the purpose of writing that the author Wi-han Cho thought of whencreating the novel. Focusing on Ok-young’s confronting styles with the war, this studyinvestigated how her characters were created. First, the heroine wasengaged in the relationship with a man actively and initiatively in theunstable situations of a war. She was embodied as a virgin and daughterwho defended her chastity and achieved a true filial. Second, Ok-youngmade tours of foreign countries, which was rare and peculiar for a womanin that time, in the process of meeting and parting with her family underthe background of a war. Travelling around Eastern Asia, she was beingillustrated as independent and volitional woman, adjusting herselfproperly to new environments and opening a new reality with fortitude. Third, it is described throughout the book that Ok-young held fast toan unchanging and sincere attitude toward her life despite all the hardshipof a war. She was embodied as a devoted daughter, virtuous wife andtough mother who came over obstacles before her life with sincereattitude, conquered happiness and established a firm family. Taking as a clue the relation between the author’s styles to embodythe heroine Ok-young and the situations of the time that the author faced,this study investigated into the expected readers and the purpose of thewriting that the author Wi-han Cho thought of. As a result, it was foundthat the he write the book to give a lesson to women and the expectedreaders were his daughters. In conclusion, Wi-han Cho pointed a moralthrough Choicheokjeon that it was not a woman of chaste reputation buta woman like Ok-young who was needed in forming and restoring a happyand strong family in the time of turbulence and threaten of a war.