As this study is to make clear the literary worth and the place of the history of novel, analyzing the typical real facts of Amazonian stories, I investigated the characteristic of times and the place of history of novels basing on above facts.
1. I ...
As this study is to make clear the literary worth and the place of the history of novel, analyzing the typical real facts of Amazonian stories, I investigated the characteristic of times and the place of history of novels basing on above facts.
1. I classified the type of Amazonian stories as heroe's heroic acts and the desire for heroism. These are as follows.
Firstly, the type of showing the heroic action as a woman. (Park Si Jeon, Hwang Boo In Jeon) Secondly, the type of showing the scene of fighting, wearing the man's costume momentarily. (Woon Hyang Jeon)
Thirdly, the type of showing the scene of studying, sitting for examination, rising, taking part in fighting, wearing the man's costume from beginning. (Woi Bong Weol Jeon, Seol So Jeo Jeon, Lee bong Bin Jeon etc.)
Fourthly, the type of controlling and commanding their husbands.(Yeo Jang Gun Jeon, Hong Ge Wol Jeon, etc)
2. The basic construction is the noble birth, the excellent ability, troubles, studying, rising, national crisis, fighting in the battle, union with their husbands, etc. But the first type in the above 'a' part is similar to the basic construction in the fighting scene. The fourthly type in the above 'a' part is same or the basic construction but is different in controlling and commanding their husbands.
The theme and idea shown in their background are loyalty, fillial piety and virtue. But such themes appear only on the surface, and desire for political power, kindship and conflict of affection are hidden in the deep. The character of the heroines is similar to the modern women in appearance, the costume in men, studying, activity. But the special feature of the main theme and the characteristic of heroine is that the above 'b' part is stronger than the part 'a', part 'c' than part 'b', part 'd' than part 'c'.
3. The Amazonian stories reflects the character of times below.
As the status of women got rising through practical science's appearance and christian ideology, and as the trade got developing, the traders or the authors invented the stories which were suitable to the interest of the readers, especially to women, which stood for the day dreaming of women.
Besides, when readers were in the course of losing the interest of the established traditional stories, they stopped making up stories and started making up the better stories than the established ones. On the other hand, romances by Tang, Taepeong Gwang Gi, Seol In Gue Jeon, Aneo Young Woong Jeon in the latter period of chung, etc found their way in Korea. In Korea they imitated, transformed the above works.
4. I studyed that in Gwag Nang Ja Jeon, Kim Si Yeol Haeng Rog, heroines played an important role, and in Jang Kuk Jin Jeon, Ok Roo Mong, Kim Heo Keong Jeon, heroes played a part. They have common and connection with the Amazonian stories with the result that they made the direct bases in forming the Amazonian stories.
5. By the above study, the periodic category of Amazonian stories was from the later 18 c to the early 20 c, and formed the modern characteristic of times.
6. Amazonian stories had the feature synthesizing and arranging general hero stores and general heroine stories, succeeding to them in complex, being simial to modern type.
7. Therefore they had had influences on novels in the noble blood, the excellent ability, leaving home by plot to do harm, the leading action by woman in construction of affairs. On top of that in the extension of women's rights, the development of women's power, equality between man and woman in theme, in showing the power like men in the character of hero.