「혹부리 영감」에 나타난 ‘혹 떼기와 혹 붙이기’의서사 구조와 의미

Abstract

This paper examined as its main texts <an Old Man with a Lump>, a book of legends <Brothers and Goblin(dokkaebi)>, and <a Song Pouch> by Jeonghwan Bang that are included in ‘Primary School Joseon Language Reader’ which was written since the 1920s. This study aims to find out what the interaction between ‘human’ and ‘goblin’ means focusing on the common story unit of <an Old Man with a Lump> and thoroughly analyze how the universal desire of humans is depicted in old stories. From this perspective, the characteristics of <an Old Man with a Lump> can be summarized as follows. First, the story of just one old man with a lump has the characteristics that it focuses on the recovery of self-consciousness. This type of stories gain significance in that a human being, who lost sense of direction in reality and living without masculinity, faces abnormal self(goblin), participates in the process of festival, heals the wound, and returns to reality. Second is the story of two old men with a lump who pursue both self-consciousness and personality. In this story, a human being, who lost sense of direction and masculinity in reality, gains both self-consciousness and personality by meeting abnormal self(goblin) twice. While in the first meeting, the goblin and human enjoy the sense of unity in play and recover self-consciousness, in the second story, they come back to reality without forming the sense of unity in play and with both the consciousness(selfconsciousness/ personality) lost. The second narrative is a failed story but it has significance in that it reminds us that humans always seek self-consciousness and personality. This study is expected to have the achievement that when we use a story unit in <an Old Man with a Lump>and turn it into various texts, it offers the basic view about which story unit to choose.