고전소설 무덤 소재의 현대적 전승 양상과 의미 -<만복사저포기>와 <영혼은 호수로 가 잠든다>를 중심으로

Abstract

This study is on the meaning and aspect of using the grave material in classical novel, 「ManBokSaJeoPoGi」 and modern novel, 「YeongHonEun Hosuro Ga JamDeunDa』 There are some narrative common points found that a temple, ManBokSa and BoHyeonSa appears in both novel, certain man and woman run into each other in the temple, and on death of the heroine. Both works share the material specially as the grave. Both works shared the literary relationship through themselves in ‘Death Motive,’ ‘Journey Motive,’ and ‘Fantasy Motive.’ It is also the grave that unifies these motives structurally. In both works, the grave takes a part to form the traditional, floating character, and multiple character. The owner of the grave in 「ManBokSaJeoPoGi」 is the independent person of traditional character granted by writer and reader of the day, and principle man in the novel. Intellectual and elegant character of female ghosts in the grave of twins of 「Choe, Chiwon」 floats in traditional form to 「ManBokSaJeoPoGi」」「HaSaengGiUJeon」, 「UnYeong,Jeon」, through generation. The owner of the grave in 「YeongHonEun Hosuro Ga JamDeunDa」 shows multiple character from common personality to transcendental character, expanding his own life through his wife. Second, the grave material of both novel shows the problem of life in the characters. 「ManBokSaJeoPoGi」 shows oppression against the society as common idea, and 「YeongHonEun Hosuro Ga JamDeunDa」 concentrates on isolation and loneliness of a person so isolated from human relationship. Third, the grave material shows attitude conducting to the life of character. The grave is the space not only for enclosing the life the female ghost lived, but also for building world of afterlife she truly wished. DaeGwanRyeong grave Yeonghae were buried in is the space that she took her life to pieces for the remains, and separated remembrance communed with the others in the her own life isolated from relationship. The literary meaning of appearance of the grave as important material in the story through generation is that the grave was wrote truly as the writing material for the function of existence and original place of greed. The gave of both novel shows the real greed for the existence and exposures the seeking process on existence of ‘I.’ Second, the grave is the writing material communing with literary skill through generations. Through literary skill of ‘Death Motive,’ ‘Journey Motive,’ ‘Fantasy Motive,’ etc., they induce to total approaching on human and life.