열녀 생산 메커니즘에 대한 연암의 인식 -열녀에 관한 다섯 편의 산문을 중심으로-

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine Yeonam's five writings on virtual women in an effort to shed light on his awareness of the mechanism for producing virtuous women. His perception on in which conditions virtuous women could be produced was analyzed, and it's found that he believed that the long- term enlightenment by the ruling parties, related discourses and the a-subjectif desires of women themselves made a contribution to producing lots of virtuous women in his contemporary age. And then the side effect of the mechanism for producing virtuous women and Yeonam's view of it were discussed. There was an increase in the number of contemporary virtuous women, and he took a very dismal and critical view of it. In his perspective, that was a weird phenomenon that the cart was put before the horse, as contemporary women were almost forced by strict social standard and transcendental norms to become virtuous instead of authentically trying to keep their own chastity.