Remaking Korean Folktales: Comparative Analyses of Folktales, Televisual Remakes, and Feminist Rewritings
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Folktales are an integral part of the South Korean education system. However, these folktales, originating hundreds of years ago, portray problematic gender dynamics that normalize the sexual objectification and victimization of women. Consequently, there have been attempts to rewrite the folktales to fit the contemporary cultural milieu. In this article, we ask: Are these modern-day adaptations of ancient folktales more empowering for women? This article comparatively examines the original versions of two Korean folktales, The Story of Ondal and The Fairy and the Woodcutter, their televisual remakes in the form of popular television drama series, and feminist authors’ plays and novels that rewrote the folktales. We use feminist theoretical frameworks on women’s erotic agency to argue that only remakes that consciously use feminist purview can erotically empower women.
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Folktales are an integral part of the South Korean education system. However, these folktales, originating hundreds of years ago, portray problematic gender dynamics that normalize the sexual objectification and victimization of women. Consequently, there have been attempts to rewrite the folktales to fit the contemporary cultural milieu. In this article, we ask: Are these modern-day adaptations of ancient folktales more empowering for women? This article comparatively examines the original versions of two Korean folktales, The Story of Ondal and The Fairy and the Woodcutter, their televisual remakes in the form of popular television drama series, and feminist authors’ plays and novels that rewrote the folktales. We use feminist theoretical frameworks on women’s erotic agency to argue that only remakes that consciously use feminist purview can erotically empower women.