여성 영웅소설에 나타난 정상가족 신화의 구현과 변모

Abstract

This paper discusses the myth of the normal family focusing on female hero novels, and aims to examine how the normal family and its myth are realized and changed, and thereby clarify its literary historical significance. The family and its myth have existed for a long time in history, and analyzing the form and structure of such families can be an effective methodology for understanding the typology of the history of Korean classical novels. In this respect, it is an important text for understanding the realization of the myth of the normal family in female hero novels and the process of its rupture. The texts selected were <LeeHyeon gyeong-jeon>,<OkJuhoyeon>,<HongGyewol-jeon>, and <BangHanrim-jeon>. <LeeHyeongyeong-jeon> pursues the original family form centered on parents and children and realizes the myth of the normal family. <OkJuhoyeon> and <HongGyewol-jeon> are works that show the rupture and crisis of the myth of the normal family. In <OkJuhoyeon>, a non-blood-related family community for mutual benefit and empathy appears, while <HongGyewol-jeon> emphasizes the individual experiences of family members. Finally, <BangHanrim-jeon> analyzed that the myth of the normal family is changing as family types that were previously considered peripheral to the myth of the normal family, such as same-sex marriage and adoptive families, are appearing one after another. As such, female hero novels are showing changes that break the myth of the normal family while embodying it. As a result, it was found that female hero novels can explore new social perceptions and values ​​through challenges and changes to the traditional family structure and values ​​while reflecting them. This is the significance of this study.