입후(入後)를 둘러싼 가문의 부모와 자녀 관계에 대한 고찰 -<조씨삼대록>의 소경수를 중심으로 = A Study on Parent-Child Relationships in the Family Dynamics Surrounding Adopted Successors - Focusing on So Gyeong-su in The Three Generations Story of Cho-Family

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The Objectives of this study were to examine the circumstances after adopting Kyung-soo So in the Korean Full-length novel, Three Generations Story of Cho-Family, and the characteristics of forming relationships between the adopted son and the family in the novel and understand their meanings. rhis study focused on Kyung-soo So, the son-in-law of the Cho family. he was adopted at the age of five by his uncle, who could not have a son of his own. however, as his adoptive mother later gave birth to a biological son, he was put in a genealogical conflict. Above all, the genealogical conflict experienced by Kyung-soo So needs attention in the following aspects First, although both the adoptive mother and her biological son confront Kyung-soo So, the adopted son, their attitudes toward him are inconsistent. Moreover, the adoptive mother takes the initiative to make her biological niece the wife of her adopted son, but it also reveals the limitations of the mother-son relationship based on fidelity and the unstable position of the adaptive mother. Second, this novel describes the psychological closeness of Kyung-soo So to his birth family, including his biological mother and father. This portrayal can be seen as a relistic reflection of the suffering of bio- logical parents who let their son be adopted amid an expanding patriarchal order. Three Generations Story of Cho-Family delicately captures the inner side of the characters, who are bound to have mixed feelings about the adoption. Three Generations Story of Cho-Family expresses the reality of the time with literary imagination. the records of individuals involved in adoption, as documented in the writings of gentry men during this novel’s popularity, provide insight into the social norms that gentry women of the time were expected to have regarding adoption. However, Three Generations Story of Cho-Family, one of the Korean Full-length novels whose main audience is women, reveals the realistic difficulties encountered by individuals engaged in adoption. Therefore, people who enjoyed this novel would have empathy and experience with the various realistic problems caused by adoption.