兪晩柱 ≪欽英≫에 나타난 중국고전소설 읽기

Abstract

In his study of Yu Manju’s Heumyeong, he not only developed a more specific and systematic critique of Chinese novels, but also carried out an individual study focusing on Chinese novels. In the past, we studied the critical parts of Chinese novels independently from the traditional Korean and Chinese, and examined the meaning of the novel review and cultural history by choosing a comparative study method. In Korean literature, Yu Manju’s Heumyeong focuses on cultural aspects of the Joseon Dynasty, on the aspects of diary literature with various materials, and on the evaluation. On the other hand, Chinese literature only compiles a list of Chinese novels presented in Yu Manju’s Heumyeong. Looking at Yu Manju’s views on Chinese novels will be an important research foundation in understanding the process and type of Chinese novel reading by Korean writers during the Joseon Dynasty. They organized their opinions in an objective period with more abundant data than previous researches. No writings have been found on Chinese novels more closely than Yu Manju’s Heumyeong. As such, Heumyeong is definitely a remarkable record for supporting and loving Chinese novels. In the 18th century, Joseon was in a special political and social situation. The process of getting a Chinese novel or buying a Chinese novel and recording it were not easy, either. Nevertheless, you can find records of Chinese novels of many writers at that time. In order to study more comprehensively and objectively, we studied Chinese novel reading and review of 18th century Chinese novel, breaking away from previous research that mainly covered criticism of Chinese novel in Yu Manju’s Heumyeong.