근대 「해와 달」 전래동화의 텍스트 양상 -일본인 편저자의 자료를 중심으로

Abstract

This paper is a study of “The Sun and the Moon,” a traditional fairy tale written by the Japanese. The works studied are Tamaki Miwa(三輪環)’s “The Sun and the Moon(太陽と月)”(1919), Government-General of Chosun(朝鮮總督府)’s “The Punished Tiger(虎の天罰)”(1924), and Ryohei Nakamura(中村亮平)’s “The Two Brothers and the Tiger(二人の兄弟と虎)”(1926). These works were examined materially. I then discussed their structure and textual aspects. I first examined the authorship of these works, followed by their bibliographical and material significance. The works all have in common that they embody the ‘bean’ motif. This fact distinguishes them from works written by Korean authors. Nakamura’s text is an adaptation of the Government-General of Chosun’s text. Although the title has been changed, the overall course of events and narrative descriptions are similar. In particular, the temporal setting of the scene where the tiger eats the mother is set during daylight hours, which reveals the similarities between the two texts. To analyze the narrative content and organization, I paid attention to the function of the characters. The narrative variations in the texts were evident in the scenes of prohibition and violation, the granting and replacement of titles, and the infliction, deception, and pursuit. The texts of the Government-General of Chosun and Nakamura generally have prohibitions and violations that are not activated in the story of the Sun and Moon; all three texts have a title-granting section, but not a title-swapping section in which they switch titles; and the assault, deception, and pursuit sections actively implement repetition according to general narrative rules. These texts, collected in modern times, are the narrative prototypes and sources for the genre of folk tales widely read by children today. Picture books and traditional fairy tales, which are infant and children’s reading materials, occupy a very large share of the children’s cultural content scene and publishing market. Therefore, the most important thing to keep in mind in the process of adapting traditional fairy tales in the children’s literature field or publishing industry is to secure texts that can guarantee workability. To this end, efforts should be made to discover and study texts of old stories that have been settled as written records in modern times. The textual aspects of the story of “Sun and Moon” in the modern era should be fully considered and utilized in children’s culture and children’s education.