춘향의 신분 정체성을 통해 본 이몽룡의 인물 형상-완판본을 대상으로-

Abstract

This paper aims to reveal Chunhyangjeon's hero, Lee Mongyong's character by investigating the structure of story. Johari window provide a point of view to study Lee Mongyong In Chunhyangjeon, heroin main character Chunhyang's position is important narrative element related to major conflict; the focused position is not Chunhyang's nominal position said 'she is a gisaeng', she is not a gisaeng', not the position that other characters accept, but her identity as a middle-class(or upper class) woman. Chunhyang's identity is the ideological position she is to adhere to. Her devoted love and chastity for Lee Mongyong is based on ethical creed as a middle-class woman, such a creed is a her identity. Chunhyangjeon is a story on accepting or rejecting Chunhyang's identity among three character, Chunhyang, Lee Mongyong, Byun Hak-do. Chunhyang comes into visible conflict with is Byun Hak-do and invisible conflict with Lee Mongyong. Chunhyangjeon's storyline is the narrative that Chunhyang's identity is recognized gradually. Let's examine into Lee Mongyong's character. He is a wit and beauty of Korean pre-modern novel and a naive boy in touch with his emotion. But on the other hand he is a conflictory character in that he doesn't accept Chunhyang's identity. In this regard he is similar to Byun Hak-do. So Chunhyangjeon's hero character, Lee Mongyong is a major conflictory characer like Byun Hak-do. Byun Hak-do create a outer, visibe conflict to Chunhyang, Lee Mongyong is in deep and invisible antagonistic relationship with Chunhyang. In short, Lee Mongyong is an invisible antagonist in Chunhyangjeon. He is a Chunhyang's lover in private but socially an antagonist about the matter of Chunhyang's identity. So we need to reexamine and revalue Lee Mongyong of Chunhyangjeon's hero character.