「박씨전」의 여성 영웅성 연구 : 활자본 「박씨부인전」을 중심으로 = A Study on Woman Heroism of Park-si-jeon

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this thesis is to study the aspects of woman heroism described in Park-si-jeon. The conclusions are followings: First, Lady Park, the heroine of Park-si-jeon is the character with an outstanding ability by nature, which is distinguished from the characters of other heroine novels. and she is unique in that her prominence is hidden behind her ugly appearance. Her heroic ability is recognized only when she is measured by her internal ability. On the contrary, in spite of her heroic ability, she is thought to be an ugly woman to those who are obsessed with appearance. Her heroic ability is recognized only when she is measured by her internal ability. On the contrary, in spite of her heroic ability, she is thought to be an ugly woman to those who are obsessed with appearance. Her ugliness is due to men's negative view of women with superiority to them. Therefore, Lady Park's ugly look results from the gender discriminative prejudice based on a distorted perception of woman heroism in male-centered society, which is obsessed with women's appearance. In other words, Lady Park's ugly face is a symbolic image which was created by 'castration obsession' on woman heroism in the society.
Second, Lady Park is also different from other heroines in that she fulfilled her heroism at domestic sphere prior to public sphere because she lived in the times when the approach to public sphere was not allowed for women. At first, she showed her excellence in house chores such as making court suit, managing house property, helping her husband's success.
She took the compromising attitude by doing female chores require to be a good wife and wise mother. Next, she took another strategy of transforming her ugliness into beauty to harmonize with an ordinary man, Lee Si-Bak, who thinks highly of woman's appearance. Her transformation and being a good wife are similar to male-attire and disguise used by other heroines working in public area.
Third, Lady Park made her husband and her maid, Kyehwa her substitutes to fulfill her ability in public area because of the historical circumstances of not allowing public status for women. They are thoroughly advised and controlled by Lady Park. Lady Park also accomplished her ability in 'Pihwadang', which is a public space within a domestic area and comes to be a strategy for Lady Park's fulfilling her heroism. Within 'Pihwadang', she was graced with titles, 'Lady Chungryl' and 'Lady Chungryl' by the king, and also showed her outstandingness under these titles behind her substitutes. At the same time, she is admired by the leaders of male society such as king and the general of enemy because of her excellent advice and ability brightened in the absence of leading powers in male society. In a work, 'substitutes' and 'Pihwadang' in Park-si-jeon play the same role as indirect wasy like male-attire and disguise, which were chosen by other heroines to work in the public sphere.
Fourth, Lady Park can never be blamed because she has fulfilled everything required for a woman at that time. She could show her prominence in public sphere by being successful in her roles without being criticized. Considering in our generation when women are allowed to approach the public sphere, Lady Park is the character who wanted to be perfect both in domestic and in public area. Therefore, Lady Park is a figure of superwoman myth and an unapproachable character for contemporary women who should carry out their jobs in both areas.
In conclusion, the society that Lady Park tried to realize in Park-si-jeon is a open society which women may fulfill their abilities in the area they want. And this society can come true by breaking from superwoman myth. but nowadays, though women are allowed to advance to public area, the ideal society that Lady Park dreamed is still far from our society as superwoman myth is far from our circumstances.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. 머리말
• 2. 남성중심 사회와 여성 영웅성의 거세
• 3. 사적 영역과 여성 영웅성의 타협
• 4. 공적 영역과 여성 영웅성의 실현
• 5. 슈퍼우먼의 신화와 현실의 거리