드라마 <힘쎈여자 도봉순>에 나타난 한국 여성영웅서사의 계승 양상 — 고소설 <박씨전>과의 비교를 중심으로 —

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the inheritance patterns of Korea's heroine narrative in the TV drama The Strong Woman Do Bong-Soon by comparing it with the old novel Pakssijeon with a focus on creative backgrounds, narratives, and character embodiment. The analysis results of the two works show that the drama inherits the tradition of Korea's heroine narrative. The findings were as follows: first, the two works were created against different backgrounds of the times and under different thematic consciousness, but they both offered a chance for vicarious satisfaction and catharsis to the public of their times that enjoyed them by depicting heroines that suppressed and punished those who threatened the weak based on powerful strength with their even more powerful strength. Secondly, the two works have narrative homology in that they are in the structure of a hero biography, that the real heroic aspects of heroines remaining inside the home are first hidden, gradually expand to society, and complete their heroic appearance, and that the encounter and relationship of the male and female character are the central axis of narrative composition. Thirdly, the two works are different in the patterns of a heroine's heroic nature being expressed. While Bong-soon living in the modern society where women face few limitations with their social activities manifests her heroic nature herself, Pakssi living in Joseon where women suffered limitations with their social activities manifests her heroic nature via her agents including her maid Gyehwa and her husband Lee Si-baek in events that happened outside her family. Finally, the two works are similar in that there are male characters that have opposite viewpoints of a heroine, that the activities of female characters are highlighted, and that characters change due to heroines.