애정류 신작 구소설에서 책 읽는 여성 주체의 등장

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the advent of reading woman subjectivity in Shinjak-Gusoseol. The main points are as below. First, what are the differences of reading woman between Shinjak-Gusoseol and old Korean novel. Second, what are the factors which made the reading woman subjectivity settle down in the narrative. Reading woman can be found in the variety of old Korean novel. The representation of her stands on the man’s understanding of woman. She is a woman close or born to man’s hopeful person. If we consider reading as a process of self enlightenment, since the reading of woman is presented without understanding or reflection about the self and the world and just in the process of learning about a man’s hopeful woman, the reading woman is not a subject but a person in old Korean novel. In Shinjak-Gusoseol, a reading woman succeed to the heroine of hero novel but stands on new understanding of woman. For example, in a text, the reading of heroine is presented as a process of exploring her life with her’s own desire. She takes part in enlightening the readers as a good sample. Therefore she can be considered as a reading woman subject. Since a reading woman subject is a new character in Shinjak-Gusoseol, it is necessary to search what are the factors to reduce the dissimilarity. We can find some factors to settle down the reading woman subject to narrative. First, zeal for learning is presented as a attractiveness of character. Second, the values of study is shown in the whole narrative. Third, a book takes part in the process of events. In these factors, the reading woman has become a normal character.