고소설과 국조신화의 변신모티프 연구 = A Study on the Transformation Motive of Ancient Novels and State-founding Mythology

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Some three million years have worked hard to evolve the primitive life forms to human beings that are as highly advanced as any creatures on earth.
By and large the transformation motive of state-founding myths takes on cavern motive, which has a significant influence upon later myths as well as folklore, fairy tales, ancient novels, and so forth.
The origin of transformation of Korean myths is to be witnessed in the state-founding mythology; the transformation of a bear into a woman Woongnyoˇ typifies any other Korean mythological transformation. It appears of great significance in that physically that was not just a partial but a total and brand-new transformation from a beast into a woman, and in that even the inner nature was quite a modification on a spiritual basis. THe bear's transformation into a woman Woongnyo was made possible by its heartily aspiration to become a mankind, and that she gave birth to Dangun. through the sacred marriage to Hwanwoong from heaven was the materialization of the desire to accomplish self-fulfillment.
All the transformation instances of ancient novels mentioned in this research belong to this category of state-founding mythology, which is regarded as the manifestation of human's aspiration and imagination. The transformations of ancient novels are indeed based on such myths. Which entail the lesson that if the protagonist continues conduction righteous deeds despite the adversities and sufferings coming down in his/her way, he/she never fails to get rewarded for it all in the long run, which is all very future-oriented.
Further in the following, I aim to discover the transformation types and their meanings with the premise that the transormation motive in ancient novels was handed down from the state-founding mythology's.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 머리말
• Ⅱ. 변신 모티프의 유형
• 1. 외모의 변신
• 2. 사회적·경제적 신분상승
• 3. 알형과 원(圓)형으로 부터의 변신
• Ⅲ. 변신의 의미
• 1. 구원의 의미
• 2. 여성 우위성의 의미
• 3. 사회정화의 의미
• Ⅳ. 맺음말