오토기조시『슈텐동자(酒呑童子)』내러티브 고찰 - 요괴와 영웅의 가변적 정체성을 중심으로 -

Abstract

Until now, research on the shutendouji' narrative has been highlighted mainly as others who must defeat and subjugate from the standpoint of the establishment, such as royal opponents, bandits, or symbols of plague. However, in this paper, we tried to assess the new possibility of the shutendoujis' discourse by looking at the dynamics interworking with the variable identity patterns of the two, breaking away from the binary confrontation structure of humans versus monsters. First of all, the fortification, which was built by shutendouji, is not just a grotto's den, but an ideal where its own politics, culture, and order exist, and shutendouji can be said to have the status of a politician who combines divinity. However, his utopia, which shows the prospect and reversal of human society, is eventually reduced to a dystopia due to the value monopoly of human beings who are hegemonic. On the other hand, the status of Yorimitsu's party, who invaded Oni, is also different from the role and status of typical heroes. In other words, the shamanic deity is highlighted rather than valor, and the suspicion of mean tricks and taboo violations is indelible rather than resourcefulness, settling into the status of an incomplete hero. The extensions of discourse expand as the monster and hero narratives are re-examined from a fluid and variable perspective according to the subject of narrative power, the nostalgia, and the times. In other words, it can be said that the monster and hero are not binary confrontations of nature and culture, anti-order and order, barbarism, and civilization, but both are beings that cross their boundaries, so they can be said to be narratives that expand and develop in conjunction with each other on the same horizon.