완판 방각본 <별월봉기> 연구

Abstract

After the existence of the woodblock print Byeol-Wolbonggi published in Jeonju became known in academia, Byeol-Wolbonggi was recognized as the oldest work of the woodblock print novel written in Korean because it’s publication records. But compared to the academic interest in publication records, little research has been done on the contents of the work. Therefore, this study attempted to clarify the meaning and value of the Byeol-Wolbonggi by comparing it with other version of Wolbonggi. When comparing Jeonju edition Byeol-Wolbonggi and Seoul edition Wolbonggi that was considered a standard of comparison in the previous study, I found that Byeol-Wolbonggi preserved the abbreviated or eliminated contents of Wolbonggi well. In addition, I found that Byeol-Wolbonggi is better equipped than any other version and that the narrative develops stably. From the above results, we can see the following two facts. First, before 1823, there was Wolbonggi that were more complete than any other current version. Second, Byeol-Wolbonggi was completed by faithfully accepting such works close to the original text. However, there are some limitations that the first volume of the work does not remain and it was completed before the story of the second half of Wolbonggi was told. Therefore, in the future, it is necessary to find a well-contained manuscript and to reconstruct the original text before 1823. Through such research, it is expected that Wolbonggi will be able to be understood more correctly.