설화 <친자식보다 나은 양아들>에 나타난 家長의 소외 문제와 주체성 회복의 과정

Abstract

This article aims to find out what makes the head of family, the main character of the story <Adoptive son better than biological one> isolated and how to address the issue. The head of family in <Adoptive son better than biological one> reveals that he is rather isolated from others, which results from his tendency to rely on others and to choose to isolate himself. The old man in the folktale eventually escapes from his tendency of reliance and find his identify, thereby breaking free his pathetic circumstance of isolation. This article does not intend to discuss son preference, dutiful or undutiful, or to argue that one should keep his or her wealth for later years through <Adoptive son better than biological one>. Today, we see a lot of heads of family isolated from the rest of the members and try to find ways to properly address the issue and sooth their wound through the tale. As such, the tale <Adoptive son better than biological one> suggests isolated heads of family today have time to look back on himself and carries its significance in that it says understanding and loving oneself while finding his identify is the right way toward recovering from the would caused by a sense of alienation.