「薛公瓚傳」의 筆禍와 怪異的 文學觀

Abstract

This paper attempts to investigate the causes of the affair brought on by “Seolgongchanjun”. In the light of “Paegwanjabgi” and “Jungong- sillok”, we can conclude that Confucianists regard “Seolgongchanjun” as a strange novel. Kim, Bu-sik, Lee, Gyu-bo and Il Yeon recognize the novels about strangeness, extraordinarily strong men, transgressing moral law and ghosts as dangerous things. For instance, Lee, Gyu-bo treats shamanism as one of things strange in “Nomoopeon” and thinks that this strangeness is also discovered in “Seolgongchanjun”. Accordingly, it is natural to see that “Seolgongchanjun” is based upon ‘the strangeness' which is deviated from Confucianism and brings on the affair. Considering the causal relationship between the contents of “Seolgongchanjun” and the affair brought on by it, we claim that the affair is due to the following descriptions: in the novel, shamans are said to be superior to human, the world beyond is said to be better to live than the world of Confucianism, and the King of Hades is said be more absolute than the King of this world. We also conjecture that a reason of stopping copying the novel is related to the contents of the novel which brings on the affair. The affair brought on by “Seolgongchanjun” has much influence on writing novels since then: the novels in which shamans have important roles are not created any more and the characters representing shamanism are portrayed to be negative. This paper, contrary to the previous studies in which the causes of the affair brought on by “Seolgongchanjun” are dealt with as political conflicts, has significance in the sense that it investigates the causes of the affair, focusing on the contents of “Seolgongchanjun”.