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Abstract

In this article I tried to read classical literature through the intersection of ecofeminism and Korean classical studies. For this purpose, I briefly looked at how ecofeminism has been discussing the relationship between women and nature, how ecological and women's issues have been dealt with in Confucianism and Taoism, and whether there is a possibility of developing ecofeminism in reading Korean classical literature. And then, I analyzed Lee Deok-moo(李德懋)'s Gweho Seol(饋虎說). Gweho Seol is a short story about an old woman who took care of a tiger and a tiger who killed the grandson of the old woman. The author, Lee Deok-moo indirectly suggests his point of view by mentioning intellects who lamentedly described the tiger as ‘an ungrateful tiger’ and the old woman as ‘a violent old woman.’ From a human-centered point of view, this evaluation sounds natural. But from an ecological point of view this story raises more complicated questions that are difficult to answer, such as whether care and communication beyond species is possible, and what is the true meaning of being beyond humanism? This article analyzed these questions the Gweho Seol poses in our time, considering the representation of the old woman in it and the ecological context of the period when the story was written.