조선후기 순절 여성 신씨부 한글 유서 재론 - 유서 정보의 재구성 및 글쓰기의 의도와 목적을 중심으로

Abstract

This study aims to recompose the basic information of the wills written in Hangeul by a virtuous woman 'daughter-in-law of Sin's family' before committing a suicide in the late Joseon Dynasty, and also to reveal the intention and purpose of writing these wills. By closely analyzing and comparing the information of total four wills, the information related to the wills was newly revealed as follows. First, out of the four wills, the will④ was separately written about ten years earlier than the will①~③. Second, these wills are not the original text written by the writer, but the text transcribed by her descendents. Third, the object of the will① with the lost front part is estimated as an adopted son 'Dolnom'. Based on the newly-revealed basic information of the wills by the daughter-in-law of Sin's family, this study analyzed the intention and purpose of writing these wills as follows. First, in the will④ left for her parents-in-law, the daughter-in-law of Sin's family strongly argued that her suicide was delayed not because of herself, but because of circumstances in her family-in-law. Second, the daughter-in-law of Sin's family aimed to reveal the conflict between her father-in-law and her by the matter of deciding a foster son, and also to argue her rights to decide a foster son. In conclusion, even though the wills by the female writer seem to be emotional revealing the fear and sorrow, in reality, they show such clear purpose and logicality to deliver the last words before dying.