唐傳奇에 나타난 여걸 고찰

Abstract

In Chinese literature, Tang Chuanqi(唐傳奇) was a form of short story in the classical language which developed in the Tang dynasty. A hero is a main character of a literary work who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, bravery or strength, often sacrificing their own personal concerns for a greater good. No one can deny the recognition of respect for men and discrimination against women contained in the Tang dynasty. Women were often not individualized, but praised as a group for heroic deeds. People say that women can not do this job, of course there are some exceptions. Anyway, the cultural repertoire of heroic stories requires different qualities for each gender. Tang Chuanqi’s writers took to finding their own problems, naturally leading to a connection with modified subject. They shall be called ‘Heroine Novels’. Heroine novels of Tang Chuanqi can be categorized according to the female features of realizing heroines into the four types. Liwazhuan(李娃傳)⋅Xiexiao’ezhuan(謝小娥傳)⋅Shangqingzhuan(上淸傳) and Hongxianzhuan(紅線傳)⋅Sheyinnang(聶隱娘) literally succeeded the tradition of women’s superiority like so called active women to the next generation. This paper considered true meaning and values of heroine novels in Tang Chuanqi.