일본인의 조선민담 연구고찰 -일제 강점기 일본어로 쓰여진 설화집에 나타난 兄弟像을 중심으로-

Abstract

This thesis is to examine the conflicts between the brothers in everyday life mentioned in the legendry by Japanese scholars during Japanese colonial period. The brothers appearing too often worldwide as a motif in both oral literature and documentary literature are pitted against each other over the various things. However, the brothers described by Japanese scholars during its colonial period show only conflicts and confrontations. In general, the relations between the brothers in the stories are divided into two parts such as an evil brother and a good brother, a rich and a poor, a stupid and a wise or a lazy and a diligent. Wealth or money is only rationale why the conflicts and the confrontations are brought between them. The plot is organized in a way that the greedy brother follows his brother's success but fails to obtain it. At the end of the story, the conflicts between the brothers resolve to restore the peace and friendship, which is not the product of the hero's commitment and effort but an unexpected good fortune given by the obedience to the fate. The brothers in these folk tales also are not ones who overcome the difficulties they face. In this regard, the Japanese scholars' viewpoint shows that they discovered so Korean brotherhood that could not seen in the tales of other countries.