고전 서사의 범죄와 여성 형상 연구 - 설화와 기록 간 가능세계의 관점에서

Abstract

This essay focuses on the representation of females in Korean classical Judicial Reports such as Heumheumsinseo and Shimnirok in late Joseon dynasty and compares them with crime tales from the perspective of possible world. Possible world can be defined as the constructed multiple narrative models which define the normality and the abnormality. The judicial records describe actual incidents, however, the description implies the interpretation of events so that they are also the constructed model in the narrative world same as the tales. In Korean classical Judicial Reports, there are many cases of violent crime. Females are generally the victim of these crime, however sometimes they are classified as the offender. Thus, this essay analyzes how the female figuration is constructed in these reports. The judicial records write about the value of right and wrong, in this process, the minority females might be unilaterally judged by the conventional common law and system without considerations. The female voices are excluded in the formal records, on the other hand, the tales can construct an alternative world as against the formal records. From the previous analysis, the types of narratives are classified female figurations the groups as the victim, as the offender, and as the problem-solving subject which found only in the tales-narratives not in the records-narratives. Based on these three types of classification, the narratives with similar motifs are detected and analyzed together in the perspective of possible world. Several voices in Heumheumsinseo construct their own independent possible world in official area, and as do the voices in various version of tales. When these two levels of narratives are compared, the transformation of possible multiple worlds by the different desires and the obligation will be investigated. The Rule of Law in Heumheumsinseo tended to be and tried to be equal and in progress, however, it does not signify the minority female deserves to be equal. Tales could construct the alternative world compared with the formal records, nonetheless, it does not demonstrate the revolutionary model which fully reflected the desire of females. Accordingly, the manifestation of hidden voices in tales is probably not the completed solution and it means that the development of the system does not always accomplish with the minority female. However, it is necessary to consider the invisible elements in narratives for extending the signification of classic narratives.