<홍계월전>의 군담 변이와 이본 분화의 상관성

Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between the variation of military story in Honggyewoljeon and the generation of its different versions. For this purpose, this paper compared the military story of the 96-piece edition of Dankuk University that shows the aspects of the early version with different versions of later era. Since the time of its creation, Honggyewoljeon has been known to have partial defects, mainly in the military story. However, while it was passed down to the later generations, the active intervention of readers who recognized this contradiction led to a variety of variations in the military story and endings. It is assumed that the variation was not limited to long versions but accompanied the transition of long versions to short versions and variations within short versions, prompting the generation and differentiation of new versions. It is presumed that the 96-piece edition of Dankuk University, which ‘retains’ the military story of the early version, was solely passed down, and other later versions-103-piece edition of Dankuk University that ‘expanded’ the military story of the early version, 45-piece edition of the Academy of Korean Studies that ‘left out’ some parts, and 38-piece edition of Dankuk University that ‘altered’ the early version-were created with time gap in between. When considering the collected versions as the base of analysis, it is presumed the 96-piece edition of Dankuk University and 45-piece edition of the Academy of Korean Studies are the mainstream of the long version and short version respectively. Therefore, in the future, the discussions on the different versions of Honggyewoljeon should be based on the four types that have been established in this paper instead of presupposing the lineal transition from long versions to short versions.