Terminology of the dwelling space described in the Korean literatures

문학작품을 통해서 본 한국 주거공간 용어에 관한 연구

In this article the meanings and usages of Korea dwelling space terms were studied by reviewing the Korean literatures to clarify their meanings. Korean literatures were selected by era. The sentences which describes the dwelling space were classified and analyzed from the viewpoint of their usage. The terms about the locations and the directions were analyzed and also the terms about the size of the spatial structures were studied. From this study the followings can be suggested: 1) New terms on 'bang' should be developed 2) The origin of the term 'an-bang' should be clarified and also the meaning and the value of it should be studied more throughly. 3) The differences between western dwelling space terms and Korean dwelling space terms should be studied. 4) Analyzing Korean dwelling space terms it was found out that the dwelling space terms were made and used by the rank of family members.