한국 현대 서사물의 윷놀이 문화 수용 양상과 그 의미

Abstract

In modern narratives, Yut-nori, a traditional game, is illuminated in various aspects. Since Yut-nori has long been established as a play culture for the people, it appears as an important folk culture in modern novels that embody the lives of the people. In Jang Hyuk-ju’s ‘Yeomyeong-gi(黎明期)’, which is set in a rural village under Japanese rule, Yutnori is portrayed as a game that brings conflicting villagers into harmony. In the novel, people in conflict are reborn as a playing community through Yut-nori and come to have a sense of community as one. Lee Mun-yeol’s ‘For Things That Disappeared Again’ set in a rural area during the industrialization era, is a novel that embodies a hometown that is now disappearing. In the novel, it is expressed with a sad gaze that as urbanization occurs, people’s community culture such as ‘group’ is disappearing, and along with it, play culture such as Yut-nori, which was played in the community, is also disappearing. Next, Honbul, an ethnographic novel, shows the interpretation of Yut-divination through thorough historical research, and highlights Yut-nori as a popular culture through the lives of the people who were comforted by fortune-telling good or bad luck with Yut divination in anxious situations. Unlike modern novels that deal with Yut-nori from the perspective of popular culture, Yut-nori in fantasy novels and webtoons appears to add fun to the narrative in a unique and interesting way. First, in Lee Young-do’s ‘The Bird Who Drinks Tears’, which is evaluated as a representative work that opened up the world of Korean fantasy, Yut-nori is given meaning as a symbolic game that brings change to the fixed world in that it is played by luck regardless of human will. Subsequently, in the webtoons ‘Dogaegeolyutmo’ and ‘The Yut-nolist’, Yut-nori strongly shows aspects of a modern board game and appears to function as a major material that adds fun to the narrative. As shown above, it can be seen that Yut-nori, a traditional Korean game, has been accepted in modern narratives according to the nature of the narrative. It is expected that Korean traditional games, such as Yut-nori, will continue to be narrated and given meaning in a way that illuminates the disappearing folk culture or in a way that highlights the way of play, depending on the nature of the narrative.