The study starts with scholarly curiosity to search meaning of transformation narrative and symbolic meaning focusing on transformation of human existence shown in transformation tale. Chapter 2 mainly deals with stories of transformation into snake a...
The study starts with scholarly curiosity to search meaning of transformation narrative and symbolic meaning focusing on transformation of human existence shown in transformation tale. Chapter 2 mainly deals with stories of transformation into snake and it divides six stories such as Sangsa Gurungi(Snake), Gurungdungdungsinsunbi, Jongsori(Sound of a Bell), Sunmyo that Becomes Yong(Dragon), Boyangimok and Gurung Wife according to each aspect of transformation and analyzed the narrative structure and meaning. Through these jobs, Chapter 3 grasped the mutual relationship between properties that enable the three categories corresponding to animality, humanity and divinity in transformation stories and those that enable the horizontal movement among the three properties and based on this discussion, studied the existential essence of human in the light of the symbolism of transformation. Chapter 4 searched for the aspect of narrative modification and modern meaning by applying archetypal structure of meaning of transformation story to narrative analysis of 2 animations, Onuri and Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox and 2 films, D-War and District 9 in the context of the above discussion.
In fact, our lives come up and down the points of animality, humanity and divinity and face various phases. As an individual living in reality, human properties include animality in that satisfies impulse of desire, humanity in that satisfies needs through exchange, and divinity that cares for other's desires through sublimation of their desires at the same time. In addition, in each moment of relations, they move between properties and repeat the process. Like this, for multi-layered and changeable essence of human existence, we could explain more core and archetypal points through the transformation stories and through which we can understand implicatively the phases of internal conflict, opposition, change and development of human nature. This is the important literary significance of transformation stories.
Also, it could be confirmed by examining new interpretation of the structure of meaning of modern transformation stories, Onuri, Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox, D-War and District 9 that the world view of narrative are being effectively used in both old stories and modern ones. This is connected to the present meaning of narrative that it is necessary for our lives living the present to make efforts and developments by mature personality through transformative ritual overcoming. In addition, it is expected that the research of this paper becomes a start so that the archetypal values of our transformation narratives are highly promoted and the potentialities get new lives through more various paths.