방정환 구연 설화의 특성과 의미--온돌야화(1927), 조선민담집(1930) 수록본을 중심으로-

Abstract

This study analyzes the characteristics and meaning of six folktales reported by Bang Jung-hwan, which are included in Jeong In-seop’s Ondolyahwa(1927) and Son Jin-tae’s Choseon Folktale Collection(1930). The six folktales reported by Bang Jung-hwan are as follows. <The Moutains and the Rivers>, <The Story of a Gentleman>, and <The Police Marshal> are included in Jeong In-seop’s Ondolyahwa(1927). <General Pumpkin> is included in Folk Tales from Korea(1952), which added 57 folktales to Ondolyahwa. In Son Jin-tae’s Choseon Folktale Collection(1930), <Dog and Cat’s Bead> and <Legend of the Rooster> are included. This paper examines the text composition strategy of folktales chosen by Bang Jung-hwan, focusing on the tradition and transformation of folktale narrative composition. Bang Jung-hwan’s traditional composition strategy of folktale utilizes formulaic expressions, and a representative example is the insertion of the ‘introductory formula’ and ‘the palace of sea kings journey’ motif. He also uses folktale grammar of confrontation and exaggeration. In <The Moutains and the Rivers> and <The Police Marshal>, the humorous and hilarious aesthetics of laughter of folktales are completed through the confrontation and exaggeration of characters with giant and small characteristics.투고일(2022년 8월 8일), 심사일(2022년 8월 25일), 게재확정일(2022년 9월 1일) 133 박현숙 | 방정환 구연 설화의 특성과 의미His strategy of variation in the composition of unique texts transforms the constituent elements of oral folktales into ingredients that reinforce the reality and nationality of the time. In his folktales, a variation on making ‘multiple narrative’ of combining a single narrative with other narratives stands out. Making ‘multiple narrative’ is completed by combining a single core narrative and merging creative episodes into several oral folktale episodes. In the composition of the folktale’s text, Bang Jung-hwan strengthened the theme awareness of ‘punitive justice’ through variations of the merging of several episodes, and presented hope to the public in the dismal reality of Japanese colonial era. He also applied the ‘mystery technique’ to the text of folktale. The first significance that can be found in Bang Jung-hwan’s folktales is that it expands the scope of research on Bang’s author theories and works, which were limited to children’s literature, to oral literature for adults to enjoy. Second, the social meaning mainly contained in Bang Jung-hwan’s fairy tales in the variation in the composition of the folktale text, confirming the narrative grammar of Bang Jung-hwan. Finally, the motifs and techniques that are varied in the folktales of Bang have great utility value in the creation of modern fairy tales.