영화에 드러난 여성원형의 표상과 젠더 ―「혐오스러운 마츠코의 일생」을 중심으로―

Abstract

In this paper, the image and status of the woman’s protagonist in the ‘Memories of Matsuko’ is illuminated from the viewpoint of the representation of the female prototype, and the gender pattern expressed in the film is examined. Matsuko, the mistress of the movie, in the paradigm of Yamannba, a female traditional prototype in the movie, and it shows that the traditional religious view of Japan is reflected in her character formation. In Japan, the symbol of woman's archetype in narrative are represented by Yamannba. Yamannba is an image of the savior and the destroyer. Matsuko has not received enough affection from her father, and she loves men devotedly, but she is abandoned. Matsuko can be defined as a woman of salvation who comforts and defenses internal frustration and lack of men. but she is also the fear of rejecting and destroying the order of the social community. In this respect, she can be said to have a symbolism like a Yamannba.