아동극에서 ‘각색’의 문제에 대한 고찰 - 주평 아동극본을 중심으로 -

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the problems that arise in the process of ‘adapting’ original works to children’s plays through an analysis of ‘adaptations’ among children’s plays scripts and to be aware of the weight and importance of ‘adaptation’ in children’s plays. Furthermore, ultimately, this study aims to contribute to the qualitative development of children’s play scripts as a literary genre. For this purpose, the following children’s play scripts by Joo Pyeong were selected as research subjects: “The Woodcutter and the Fairy,” “Tokijeon,” and “The Oriole and the Red Rose.” These plays are each based on a folktale, a classic, and a creative fairy tale. The characters of the play “The Woodcutter and the Fairy” do not maintain consistent personalities, making it difficult to infer even what the protagonist is like. Additionally, the ending of the play script, which should be an ‘inevitable consequence,’ has lost its function as a ‘conclusion.’ The study argues that these problems are due to the author’s intension to create a ‘happy family’ for the fairy and the woodcutter in conscious of ‘children.’ In the case of “Tokijeon” and “The Oriole and the Red Rose”, the additions made to the original works were not harmonized into a ‘single work.’ Also, the entire work, including the characters’ attitudes and the development of events, has lost its ‘coherence,’ which has led to a vague ‘premise’ and a loss of direction. The study argues that this was due to a forced ‘reconciliation’ ending that did not consider the nature of the original work. In a play, ‘character’, ‘ending’, ‘coherence’, and ‘premise’ are the most basic elements for ‘dramatic’ effect, and they are also the elements that must be kept in mind in ‘adaptation’. In the case of a ‘children’s play’, it is likely to reflect the author’s personal ‘educational viewpoint’ due to the nature of the ‘adaptation’ that is targeted at ‘children’ and allows freedom to change the content. In general, an ‘original work’ is a work that has earned a reputation for its quality. If you want to pursue a different direction from the original as an ‘adaptation’, it is possible under the premise of ‘quality’. If the basic principles of play script are not followed during the process of ‘adaptation’, the ‘dramatic’ effect cannot be expected, the fun and emotion will be halved, and eventually the work will be turned away from the readers(audience).