〈흑룡일기〉 연구⑶ - 개별 이야기 단락의 의미와 변이

A Study on 〈Hungnyong-ilgi〉⑶ －The Meanings and Variations of Separate Stories－

&nbsp;&nbsp;This paper aims to analyze the underlying meanings of individual and separate stories appearing in 〈Hungnyong-ilgi〉. 〈Hungnyong-ilgi〉 foretells war through unusual stories, which appeared as the hints of breaking war, and blames the politicians who could not catch the hints for being incompetent.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;In 〈Hungnyong-ilgi〉, the narrator is exposed overtly and directly tells us the story in many cases. Although this kind of setting could have merits of conveying themes clearly, it reveals that 〈Hungnyong-ilgi〉 has not overcome factors of narratives(sulwha), so it could not be said to be a “novel”(sosul).<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Although 〈Hungnyong-ilgi〉 contains a different story from five branches, it includes a partly same content as the variants of 〈Imjinrok〉. So it is absurd to classify 〈Hungnyong-ilgi〉 as a totally different and irrelevant work from 〈Imjinrok〉. So I suggest 〈Hungnyong-ilgi〉 should be classified not as a variant of 〈Imjinrok〉 but as a variant of “〈Imjinrok〉-Junsung”.