순천시립 뿌리깊은나무박물관 소장 고소설의 현황과 가치

Abstract

This paper will make a general survey about the old novels(Gososeol) which the Suncheon's Ppurigibeunnamu museum's possesses. Secondly, it will introduce the newly found exclusive novel with significant materials, then will suggest the list of the materials in this museum. The old novels(Gososeol) collected by Mr. Han, Changgi is approximately five hundreds twenty ones categorized into one hundred seven types. The fact that most parts of this collection consist of old novels(Gososeol) written in Hangul is the most significant characteristic of this collection. It contains various kinds of Korean novels covering a kind of Long Family Novel, Kyongpan(京板)․Wanpan(完板), block printed novels, Chinese novels translated into Hangul and old novels by typography. Therefore, Mr. Han, Changgi seems to have collected the materials intensively, considering the way of circulation of the novels written in Hangul and the reading style of them. Above all, the Kyongpan(京板) block printed novel, wooden Printing Blocks(冊版) of wolwangjeon is the most valuable one in this museum which has been known as being lost. Among these novels, the exclusive ones are gibonghoeyonrok, dangbaekam,sessiyukmyunghanggljelrok. At fist, this paper will deal with dangbaekam. This novel may be not estimated high in an aesthetic value when it comes to it's starting without the birth story of protagonist unlike the general narrative style of an old novel(Gososeol) and to the lack of events triggering the tension of inner text. Also, judging from the year of description and the situation of circulation of the novel, it seems to have been made lately. Through such a series of works, the overall things about these novels collected in Mr. Han, Changgi's living years and the status and the value of the exclusive novel and all that sort of things have been revealed. In the future, there will be more specific discussions on his materials in Suncheon's Ppurigibeunnamu museum by the follow-up studies.