우렁각시 설화의 구조와 의미

• 영문명: The Study of the Structure and the Meaning in the Folktale of Snail bride
• 발행기관: 동남어문학회
• 저자명: 배도식(Bae Do-Sik)
• 간행물 정보: 『동남어문논집』동남어문논집 제23집, 29~70쪽, 전체 42쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2007.05.01

영문 초록

  In Korea there are a lot of folktales on a snail bride (a snail which changed into a young woman). This story is about a young farmer who got married to a snail bride. They loved each other, but soon they became unhappy. That is because the king of the country took his beautiful wife away by force.
  This is a meaningful folktale which is spread throughout in Korea. I have studied on the structures, the meaning, and the variations of this folktale.
  This folktale is composed of seven basic phase ① Starting- ② Meeting-③ Dining table(dinging together)- ④ Changing into a woman- ⑤ Presentation of taboos- ⑥ Marriage- ⑦ Ending.
  But it was found out that this folktale has ten types of variations and each has a little different meaning.
  The symbolic meaning of this folktale are stated as follows:
  1. As a snail turned into a woman, it had a woman-oriented symbolic meaning.
  2. As a poor young man supposed his mother it symbolized filial piety.
  3. The powerful man who took away a bride was a symbol of corrupt officials.
  4. The taboo presented by a snail bride, saying it was not a proper moment, warned as follow. If the taboo were broken, one misfortune would come near.
  5. The snail bride offend the powerful with a bribe which caused her misfortune, became the bribe would mean the feminine honor.
  6. A bluebird on the story was a symbol of sorrow, and a fine-toothed bamboo comb symbolized female.
  7. The woman taken to the powerful changed her mind, excusing herself that it was all due to her mother-in-law.
  This kind of folktale are handed down in China and Japan as well as Korea.

목차

1. 들머리
2. 자료의 제시
3. 각편의 서사 단락
4. 유형구조
5. 변이양상과 대립구조
6. 우렁각시 설화의 의미
7. 마무리
참고문헌

키워드

우렁각시(snail bride) 유형구조(the structure of type) 기본형(basic form) 확장형(extension form) 변이양상(variation) 대립구조(opposite structure) 우렁이의 의미(the meaning of a snail brids) 가난한 총각(a poor unmarried man) 권력자의 각시 탈취(he powerful man" s taking a woman away) 파랑새(bluebird) 참빗(fine-toothed comb) 각시의 변명(the excuse of the snail bride)