조선시대 王后 傳記文 연구

Abstract

Not only a queen was a mother and wife of one family in individual aspect, but she was a mother of the state in public aspect. After queen’s death, biography about queen was written by royal family in detail; family background, how she had grown up, how her life was like, and so on. Not considering of the queens’ real lives, the biography about the queens described that the queens are the women in perfection. It describes the queens were born in noble family and educated well; also expresses the queens were excellent at taking care of elders, raising children, and assisting husbands. The biographers in royal family wrote about important political or social issues in which the queens were involved. These issues were written in the official documents of Dynasty, as well; therefore the biographers had to describe queens based on facts rather than exaggerating it to idealize queens’ presence. Due to such a reason, the royal biographers try not to write the political or social event in which queen might be blamed or criticized.