『民俗叢談』 硏究

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate meanings of a So Dam Jib (jokebook) so called <Min Sok Chong Dam: Folklore Collection> which is estimated to be published between 1941-1942. <Min Sok Chong Dam: Folklore Collection> has a characteristic of collection that gathered stories particularly related to sex between men and women among previous folktale collections. However, while <Min Sok Chong Dam: Folklore Collection> succeeds tradition of previous folktale stories by maintaining a 4 characters title in its composition, it also has a dual structure which breaks tradition of previous folktale stories by excluding critical parts. For this reason, we have to focus on the fact that the period when <Min Sok Chong Dam: Folklore Collection> was created was a colonial period. Folktale stories in tradition period had their publishing purpose on literary purpose. However, when <Min Sok Chong Dam: Folklore Collection> was published, it was a colonial period that required establishment of national identity. This is why critical part was omitted in <Min Sok Chong Dam: Folklore Collection> unlike previous folktale stories. It reflects such fact by not adopting a title in a form of ‘Pa Su’ in <Min Sok Chong Dam: Folklore Collection> but by naming its title with ‘Min Sok : folk.’ <Min Sok Chong Dam: Folklore Collection> shows big differences with traditional folktale collections in two distinctive aspects. First, collected stories are short and produce strong laughter in most cases; second, it induces establishment of national identity by introducing ‘Bang Eun : dialect.’ This thesis paid attention and investigated its meaning in above a few characteristics of <Min Sok Chong Dam: Folklore Collection> which were not shown in the previous folktale collections.