헐버트(Homer B. Hulbert)의 ｢한국 민담(Korean Folk-Tales)｣ 연구 = A Study on Korean Folk-Tales by Homer B. Hulbert

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In 1902, Homer Bezaleel Hulbert (1863–1949) published a 34-page article entitled “Korean Folktales” in the journal Transaction, which was published by the Korean branch of the Royal Asian Society of England. Here, Hulbert examined the types, characteristics, and historical nature of Korean folk tales. He divided Korean folk tales into the subcategories of tales/stories, mythological stories, legends, and the whole realm of miscellaneous fiction, examining the characteristics of each type. Hulbert’s classification of Korean folktales is a personal study. An early study, it is pioneering in the way it presents a systematic composition of various stories. Hulbert’s research classifies stories by applying codes of divinity/secularity and transcendence/restriction, and it is noteworthy that this system is also applied to Arne Thompson’s research. In particular, the setting of “miscellaneous fiction” of “unknown,” which account for the transmission of dynamic folktales, is noteworthy and exemplifies academic humility.