일본문학에 나타난 일부다처제하 여성상 고찰을 위한 試論 - 上代에서 中世까지 -

Abstract

This study intends to examine the way how Japanese women-who appeared in the Japanese literature-coped with their own lives under the structure of polygamy and how differently the understanding of women appeared in each period-especially, to shed light on the periods from ancient times to medieval times as the center. "Kojiki" and "Nihonschottky" of the ancient times revealed the feelings of love and jealousy openly and showed a positive attitude toward it. Meanwhile, "Kageronitki" and "Shinsarugoki" of the ancient times shaped the anxiety of women-who lived relying on the men's love and attention under the polygamy; this can be interpreted that it was based on the women's perception that their lives could not be complete and their future could not be guaranteed through their husbands under the polygamy. In addition. in the medieval times, as the women's image-leading her homes and the world with her own abilities-emerged, the women's image -squarely confronting the men's one-sided freedom of sex-appeared. Such image was represented as a husband being thrown out of home in the medieval times' art-called Kyo︢gen. On the other hand, through the work called "Saiki" by Otokichoshi, independent women's image-breaking themselves the husband and wife relationship which was full of restriction and inequality and seeking the meaning of worthwhile life-was presented. In particular, the women featured in this work showed a step forward aspect-compared to the previous works-in that they were not hostile to each other-although under one men's wife and concubine relationship; rather, it showed the framework of men and women, and an institutional society and self-realization. By the study above, it can be said that women's attitude-coping with the polygamy - has been shown in the direction of steady progress; and the medieval literature showed such women's image most dynamically.