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A Study on the Aspects of the Relationships and Hardships on a 'Sijipsali' Narratives in Korean Women's Married Life

여성 화자의 시집살이담에 나타난 관계와 고난의 양상

  • Received : 2020.02.20
  • Accepted : 2020.03.19
  • Published : 2020.05.31

Abstract

Oral-Performance in itself, which successfully narrates one's life, constitutes a kind of decent Verbal arts. The term 'Sijipsali-Narrative' refers to oral narratives portraying a series of events in the course of Women's Life-Story which arise from family life and socio-cultural issues through marriage. As a result, Sijipsali-Narrative belongs to a subcategory of Women's Life-Story. Sijipsali-Narrative can be divided into two categories as follow. One type of Sijipsali-Narrative is the 'Family-Connection sijipsali-narrative,' which results from the relationship between a daughter-in-law and the rest members of the family. Among the 'Family-Connection sijipsali-narratives,' including several forms of Sijipsali such as that of father-in-law and that of husband and that of children, Sijipsali of the mother-in-law is most distinctive. The other type of Sijipsali-Narrative is 'Sociocultural-Connection Sijipsali-narrative', which comes not from human relationship but from general issues a narrator is suffering from as a daughter-in-law in a family. The most universal narrative comes from Sijipsali connected with poverty and historical events, and family history, appearance, attitude of the daughter-in-law and so on can be materials for the narratives. Actually, the two types of Sijipsali narrative is not so much distinguished from each other as intermingled with each other. Sijipsali arising from family relationship can inevitably be related with poverty and some events, which result in conflicts among family members and so harass daughter-in-laws. This thesis has a clear-cut orientation to overview the aspects of the Relationships and Hardships on a 'Sijipsali' Narratives in Korean Women's Married Life.

자신의 삶을 훌륭하게 구연하는 구술연행은 그것만으로도 하나의 훌륭한 언어예술이다. 시집살이담은 여성 생애담 중 결혼을 매개로 가족관계나 사회·문화적 문제로부터 벌어지는 일련의 일들을 구술한 서사체이다. 그러므로 시집살이담은 여성 생애담의 하위 장르이다. 시집살이담은 크게 두 가지 측면에서 살필 수 있다. 첫째는 며느리와 가족 구성원 사이의 관계로부터 비롯되는 '가족관계 층위'이다. 여기서 가장 일반적인 것은 물론 시어머니 시집살이이며, 그 밖에 시아버지 시집살이, 남편 시집살이, 자식 시집살이를 들 수 있다. 둘째는 인간관계에서 비롯된 것이 아닌 며느리로서 갈등을 겪게 되는 제반 사항들에 관련된 이야기들로 '사회·문화 층위'이다. 가장 일반적인 것은 가난과 역사적 사건에서 비롯된 시집살이이며, 며느리의 가문이나 용모, 태도 등 때문에 심한 시집살이를 한 경우도 있다. 실제의 시집살이는 이 두 가지 양상이 뚜렷하게 구별되기보다는 서로 혼합되어 나타난다. 가족관계에서 비롯된 시집살이는 항상 가난이나 사건과 관련될 수 있으며, 반대로 가난이나 사건은 가족관계로 확대되어 여성들을 괴롭혔던 것이다. 본 연구는 다양한 시집살이담에 나타난 관계와 고난의 양상을 종합적으로 검토하고자 하였다.

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