조선 후기 야담의 군도(群盜) 재현 양상과 의미

Abstract

The purpose of this article is concentrating the representation of bandits in yadam to suggest a new perspective on the explanation of the story. A group of robbers had con- sistently become a serious social problem during the Joseon dynasty. Intellectuals felt anxiety and pity about them. Yadam, however, is based on the historical experience of the uprising of the peasants and robbers, depicts them as righteous outlaw under the combina- tion with confucian scholar on the one hand. To command the robbers is the chance to examine his ability for the young scholar who still did not enter government service, and the deviation is allowed in the hangout of robbers. Scholar make a rule among robbers, discipline those who harm public interests and change robbers into righteous outlaws. There a heady atmosphere in the story because the narrator put emphasize on the interest- ing factor, inserting various methods to robbery, expansion of description. The bandits in yadam take a role to keep stability of the community by eliminate the element which caus- es fracture in dominant ideology, donate property seized from the corrupt officials and the rich. They wish to be a people who have property to maintain constant livelihood, to keep royalty to the king, and to be faithful. It shows ideological intention of readers and recorder. However, It remains problematic in that the scholar have no choice but to be a ringleader, not by normal method such as passing the state examination.