여성화자 최은남의 사례로 본 이야기꾼의 생애와 연행 특성

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the life and story list of Choi Eun-nam, a female storyteller, and the characteristics of the story. Choi Eun-nam was born in Gurye, South Jeolla Province in 1936. At the age of 10, She moved to Deokyang-ri, Sora-myeon, Yeosu-si, Jeollanam-do, and lives there until now. She had a wealthy childhood and grew up listening to many old stories from her mother and grandmother. In addition, she herself likes to read history books, so she is evaluated as a “knowledgeable grandmother” by the local people. Choi Eun-nam told a total of 29 stories, of which 23 are legends. This is different from the general speaker theory that female speakers are good at miscellaneous stories and interesting folk tales. Moreover, nine of the 23 legends show the appearance of a native male speaker in that it is the history and legend of Sora-myeon, Yeosu-si, where he lives. In addition, Choi Eun-nam evaluates the truth of the story and concludes the story by adding the result of his perception to it. This is also a characteristic that can be seen mainly in a well-known male speaker. Finally, even when Choi Eun-nam narrates interest-oriented folktales, he narrates them in a way that emphasizes lesson. This way of narration can be said to be a characteristic that is based on the psychology that he does not tell useless stories as a ‘well-informed grandmother’. Choi Eun-nam is a competent female narrator with a diverse list of stories. In addition, even though it is a female speaker, it belongs to a well-known storyteller and shows the characteristics of a male speaker. This is a departure from the standardized and generalized aspects of male and female storytellers through previous studies on storytellers, and this case is not unique to Choi Eun-nam. As the world of story is wide and diverse, storytellers will exist in various ways, and there are still many storytellers to look at to generalize the theory of storytellers.