‘寃鬼’와 『金鰲新話』: 조선 초 寃魂敍事의 형성

Abstract

This study is a primary process for finding aspect and meaning of the victimized soul narrative. This idea is based on Jeongi-soseol and Mongyurok were the strong aspect of narrative in the early and middle of Joseon Dynasty, and the core of them was the narrative of victimized soul. It is about establishment of the victimized soul narrative with Manboksajeopogi and Isaenggyujangjeon in Geumo-sinhwa where victimized souls appeared regularly. In the history of Korean narrative, there are previous ghost appearance and describing it, but not problematic as revengeful souls in Geumo-sinhwa. The significance of the subject is worth addressing with genre tradition of Jeongi-soseol and in correlation of demonology expressed at the time. But, it is an outstanding example in the tradition of genre as the seriousness is distinctive with previous or Jeongdeung-shinhwa. Also the ghost subject of Geumo-sinhwa requires different understanding as it can't be easily compatible with ghost discussion expressed by Kim Siseup and confucianism philosophers. With this, the descriptive structure of Manboksajeopogi and Isaenggyujangjeon is worthy of notice. Despite the structural differeances of two works, there are same features. First of all, they delay fully the appearance of the victimized soul and substance in the contents as much as possible to establish tension. It can be called 'narrative of delay', and it is apprehended as a process of unification of hero and heroin or nihilation of boundary of this and the next life. In the end, it builds up aspect as the victimized soul narrative by having forgiveness form in the latter half. But, after having forgiveness ceremony, the hero disappear without informing the location or die eventually. Despite the process of forgiveness, the resentment of victimized soul still exists. This is the feature of victimized soul narrative and noteworthy aspect in Geumo-sinhwa. Therefore, the character of the victimized soul in Geumo-sinhwa needs to be appreciated more cautiously. It has been understood as a vector awakening attention of human society and main agent of awakening. But as it is expressed in this research, there is a bigger possibility it might work as another inner side or ego that the hero has not been realized. As a result, this restructures ‘individual' disharmonizing with the world and ‘inner side' fighting with reversed world by setting ghost(revengeful soul) as another ego in inner side of human and it is also an appearance tweaking demonology of Confucian culture at the time.