女性 바보담의 웃음과 意味 考察

Abstract

Laughter is a unique tool of communication with which human beings perceive and express the world. Fool folktales are a kind of funny story for the folk narrator to communicate more effectively with his readers through laughter. Therefore there should be studies regarding laughter in literature text based on laughter. As laughter is closely related with the characteristics of the group, the study should be based on the social and cultural foundation of the group. This article studied female fool folktales comparing to Son-in-law fool folktales to identify the characteristics of the female fool folktales. Female fool folktales show what the customs or regulations were imposed on the contemporary women and tries to warn the women who could not meet the requirements. The aggressors in female fool folktales are mainly husbands and parents-in-laws, which shows this story was to maintain the patriarchy order. The laughter in female fool folktales is more aggressive than that in male fool folktales and the female character who did the foolish things would be punished directly. It was to warn the ladies who wanted to resist against the male authority and try to escape from the suppression by showing the punishment that the woman would get because she challenged against patriarchy order.