<유연전>에 나타난 쟁재(爭財)의 양상과 그 의미

Abstract

This thesis examines the aspect and meaning of the dispute in the classic novel Yooyeonjeon. The background of the property dispute was confirmed through the socio-economic causes that appeared during the change from the early Joseon to the Middle and Late Joseon period. After examining the aspect of literary formation of the plough through the Yooyeonjeon, through this, After the mid-Joseon period, the meaning of economic problems in literature was examined. The following is the summary of these contents. First, the socioeconomic causes of the property dispute were examined by dividing them into the change of inheritance system and the transition to capital-centered society. Joseon is a country based on Confucianism, and it emphasized serving parents and sacrifice of ancestors. However, the inheritance system centered on the eldest son was established after the mid-Joseon period, and the influence of Sarim, which emphasizes the legitimacy of Jujahak, is based on the change of the inheritance system. The economic growth of the ruling class, which led to the development of agriculture, the emergence of the market, and the development of commerce and industry, is the seed of economic modernization, which has new power with the accumulation of wealth and threatens the existing ruling class. Second, the aspect of the literary formation of the property dispute in Yooyeonjeon is revealed through the literaryization of shocking actual events, the universalization of secular characters, and the extreme pursuit of practical interests. The lawsuit, which has arisen as a matter of realistically sensitive inheritance, becomes a novel and receives more attention. Yooyeonjeon is not a fragmentary composition centered on the central character, Yoo Yeon. The characters were secularized in terms of capitalism, such as pursuing economic interests and acquiring property by using unfair methods. And Yooyeonjeon contains the social change image. It is still a progressive figure that values ​​economic interests after the mid-Joseon period, while still defending the ideological morality of the Joseon Dynasty. However, in Yooyeonjeon, the capitalist human image that is overly immersed in wealth and abandons the righteousness is revealed extremely. Third, the social trend of human beings, which emphasizes the status system and ethical law of the Joseon Dynasty, has been converted into modernity since the mid-Joseon period, and various economic problems affect the inside and outside of literary works. Of course, it is very natural for the social image that is transitioning from humanism to capitalism to be included in literary works. Yooyeonjeon was written in Chinese characters, and since the purpose and theme of the work emphasize morality, it is limited to become a popular cultural product. However, the real discourse of capital and the property dispute that takes place for this is enough to be widely discussed. The transition to the market economy that pursues economical practicality is closely related to the environment in which the production and distribution of classical novels are made. In this background, classical novels are transformed into popular literature and are variously reveled, and literary works are commercialized in themselves, enabling economic profit pursuit.