중국 역사를 소재로 한 영웅소설화 방식 - ‘조무 서사’의 변용을 중심으로

Abstract

In this study, the argument progresses with a group of works that embraced 'Jomu narrative' put at the center. They all are identical in terms of using 'Jomu narrative' as their main narrative. <Jomu-jeon> and <Chungryoelsa-jeon> are works that focused on Jomu's process of revenge, without changing the course of 'Jomu narrative' largely. These two stories revolve around the relation of Jomu, the key figure of 'Jomu narrative', and the conflictory figure, 屠岸賈. The two works amplify this historically set conflict. To intensify the conflict, <Jomu-jeon> and <Chungryoelsa-jeon> distort the established historical facts. One example of the distortion is changing agent of the incident that happened in Jomu's previous generation into 屠岸賈. The change makes the wrongful acts 屠岸賈 does to Josak, Jomu's father, naturally accepted as misdeeds earlier generation. Another line of works are the newly composed ones with changed names of characters while maintaining the course of 'Jomu-narrative'. The manuscript <Bosimrok> is at the center of this line. This group of works tries a formalization as heroic novels. In the composition of these works are inserted the essential elements of heroic novels, which can't be found in 'Jomu narrative' previously. In 'Jomu narrative', the birth process of hero, which is commonly described in heroic novels, is not necessary because the birth of Jomu itself is eccentric. But works in the same line as <Bosimrok> give a heroic birth process to Yangsechung, the father who doesn't have remarkable activities as a hero. It is because, while the figure who leads the narrative is Yangduseong, the son, the eccentric birth process of Jomu from 'Jomu narrative' is already premised on him so the birth process of heroic novels couldn't be given to him. In this way, the writers of manuscript <Bosimrok> and the like reconstitute the story into complete heroic novels. With this writing method of towing into 'composition of heroic novel', the trace of formalization of heroic novels that the writers of that time adopted can be grasped. It can be confirmed that inserting the heroic birth which is requisitely inserted in the openings of heroic novels, and defining the position of villain to closely form a confrontation, are strategies of writing to meet the essential requirements as heroic novels.