일제하 『흥부전』의 전래동화화 작업에 대한 고찰 = Review on Adapting Heungbu-jeon for a Fairy Tale Under Japanese Colonial Rule

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper aims to review the adaptation process of Heungbu-jeon conducted within the category of ``modern inheritance of classic novels.`` Two issues are addressed in the paper. Mainly, the review traces the process of how Heungbu-jeon was changed into a fairy tale. In addition, the author compares aspects of transformation in its subject and meaning are compared with the original. Nolbu and Heungbu(1) included in the Chosun Fairy Tales(1924) was shortened and modified from the original printed version, Heungbu-jeon composed of 25 chapters. Moreover, it has succeeded to the Heungbu-jeon written in Japanese since 1910, and consolidated its base as the main axis of passing fairy tales down from generation to generation. It is characterized that in the rewritten version the original was condensed and described in the center of the incident of splitting a gourd into two. When characters were configured, the greedy, cruel and negative personality of Nolbu and the ``congenial and kind`` personality of Heungbu were newly brought in relief. Nolbu and Heungbu(2) included in the Joseon Jeollae Donghwajip(1924)is an idiomatic work, showing characteristics of a folk tale. The writer, Park Yeong-man only highlighted the swallow and a gourd while he omitted all the other incidents. Nolbu and Heungbu`s destinies were determined by their attitude to the swallow. Here, virtue and vice between Nolbu and Heungbu were distinguished; with the incident one became happy but the other unhappy. Nolbu and Heungbu(2) never gave Nolbu an opportunity to become a new man and only focused on punishing him. In addition, the story concluded with Nolbu`s death, which is an interesting structure. This is the uniqueness of Nolbu and Heungbu(2).