<원회록>의 영웅소설적 면모

Abstract

Subjects, deployment of events, background, characters, and the like in 　Wonhoylok　have been analyzed in the study. The subject of this literary work was an execution of loyalty firstly. An event was centered with a conflict and confrontation that were occurred between the heroes and the opponents. The early parts of the literary work deployed that the opponents gave persecutions to the heroes and then the heroes responded against those. And then the later parts converted into a shape that the heroes confronted against the opponents positively. And such confrontations have made the heroes to get victories mostly. The special background of Wonhoylok is the southern regions of China. The spaces of territorial names relate to Namak, Hyeongju, Yeongju, Hwangseong (Castle of Emperor), Okhado, etc.. Castle of Emperor was the center of politics and the lord was placed on the space of national temple. All of the places were carried forcibly by the opponents in the literary work, which described a musky space caused by a loss of national right. Hyeongju was the home town of the heroes where was a place to take a rest. Okhado was a space of exile, that signified a place that had been cut off from the world. The characters in Wonhoylok consists of the heroes, opponents, and aids roughly. The heroes are Pileungsang, Seolwun, and Seolchoilan, all of whom were placed in the center of the subjects to realized the themes in the literary work. On the contrary, the opponents were a group who gave persecutions to the heroes and tried to seize the national right usually, who leaded order of the world into a confusion. Aids are Yeomla King, Yangchoiwun, Deity of Namak Temple, and General Daesu, who acted both in the heavenly world and in the actual world. And all of them contributed to settle an order of the world to be just on the side of the heroes.