근대 전환기 소설에 나타난 유교적 이념의 모호성 = 〈강릉추월전〉의 효열(孝烈) 귀신을 중심으로

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Gangneungchuwoljeon is an old Korean novel which was distributed in 84 different versions in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. Manuscribed and old printed versions were circulated widely - including Yeongnam, Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Chungcheong areas - from the 1880s until the 1950s. Although the novel is not treated as a classic as Chunhyangjeon or Guunmong, it certainly was enjoyed widely in Korea during the transition period to modern era.
During the transition period to modern era, old-style and new-style novels were competing each other while the narrative sought for new directions in reaction to the new era. The many different versions of Gangneunchuwoljeon provide an example of such transition. The character who shows a significant change is Eo Wolmae, the first wife of the protagonist Lee Unhak. She is a daughter of Eo Cheonchu, a thief who was spoken to assault Lee Unhaks parents. Although her story ends with her death in the original version, she reappears in the later versions as a ghost. Eo Wolmaes ghost is different from other revengeful female spirits of the Chosǒn period in terms that she is an unscary hyoyeol (孝烈, filial piety and chastity) ghost. This change is in sync with the change of the discourse on women by the Confucian intellectuals from what emphasized yeol (烈, chastity) to what emphasized hyoyeol.
The changes in the narrative of Gangneunchuwoljeon reflect the unsuccessful ways in which the discourse coped with the changes during the transition period to modern era. The old printed versions of the novel have unconvincing happy endings. This is because the hyoyeol ideology could not provide any meaningful blueprint. Stories tend to respond to the changes of the time during the transition period to modern era. The different versions of Gangneungchuwoljeon show an example of such changes which took a commercial and popular direction.