<쌍천기봉>에 나타난 적극적 행동주체로서의 시녀

Abstract

This study examines the process of resistance in feudal system they are living in based on the behavioral patterns of Hong-a(홍아), Ungyo(운교) and Seonggyo(성교), lower-class women, featured in Ssangcheongibong(쌍천기봉). We therefore explore the influence and the meaning of the modality in the history of fiction. In Korean Classical Long Novels, female characters are usually the subjects facing many difficulty. They either yield to or resist. A variety of hardship constantly happens to the women. The characteristic of independent women who lead the narrative as self-directed subjects behind is also existed, if we think they are characters acting as objects in trouble. A large number of self-directed female characters appear in Ssangcheongibong(쌍천기봉). Notable aspect is maids represented as the characters. Hong-a(홍아), Ungyo(운교) and Seonggyo(성교), maids, correspond to the self-directed female characters with initiative. They raise their voice to advise and lament about their master's actions. They as well as speak out to revenge their death. It is quite different from general maids who were used as messengers of main characters and sexual services of male characters. The maids are the carriers of the social women of the day and agents of the aristocratic women. The situation seems to be due to the genre characteristics of the epic novel. This is because the novel which upper-class people were the main enjoyers at that time was faithfully demanded to have female characters in Confucian ideology than other genres. Under these circumstances, female leaders like So Wol-hye(소월혜) were bound to be subordinate to feudalism. And women like Hong-a(홍아), Ungyo(운교) and Seonggyo(성교) were described as the maids to replace her.