서애 관련 구비설화에 나타난구술 공동체의 임진왜란에 대한 문제의식

Abstract

The paper discussed the issue awareness of ImJin War from oral community by looking into 51 pieces of folktale about SeoAe in Hangukgubimunhakdaekye(韓國口碑文學大系; Complete works of Korean Oral Literature). SeoAe folktale is related to ImJin War and there are several types of it:ImJin war focused type of tale with the story about fighting against Japanese before ImJin War and story about asking for a dispatch of troops of Li Rusong; SeoAe and GyeomAm brothers' outstanding ability focused type of tale; and Birth of SeoAe and GyeomAm brothers focused type of tale related to especialness of motherhood and geomantic areas where unique groups of people were born including grandparents' houses in SeoAe. The awareness of the issues regarding ImJin War from oral community shown in SeoAe related tales were examined through the understanding and content analysis of the character formalization. Among the SeoAe related lore, SeoAe is negatively recognized as duty of politicians in the tales about ImJin War and this negative perception came from critical awareness of oral community that politicians did not complete their duty properly during national crisis, ImJin War. The oral transmitter's awareness issues extracted from SeoAe related tales can be summarized in four: 'Did people know about ImJin war beforehand and was there a preparation'; 'What was the plan for Japanese invading forces'; 'Did people handle well from tyranny of Ming Dynasty after the war'; and 'Was contribution of people who fought against Japanese invading forces properly evaluated'. These awareness issues are criticisms of politicians' state, hence can be understood as expressions that reflect oral community's perception and desire of history such as 'what if people prepared for the war in advance', 'what if we withdraw Japanese by ourselves without depending on the power of a foreign country', 'what if people's contribution were fairly evaluated' and etc.