〈장화홍련전〉과〈李玉英獄中訟寃〉의 比較硏究

The Comparative Study of〈Janghwa and Hongnyun〉andLiyuying’s Grievances inprison〉

&nbsp;&nbsp;〈Janghwa and Hongnyun〉and 〈Liyuying&quot;s Grievances in prison&gt;, which tell the story of contradictions between stepmother and ex-wife&quot;s children and the settlement process, are both excellent masterpieces of lawsuit novels in Korean and Chinese fiction history. In this paper, the correlation of structural features, characters and figures motivations have been studied.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;The general construction of 〈Janghwa and Hongnyun〉is &quot;birth→suffering→death→ghost of grievances redress→settlement→happy ending&quot;, and as for 〈Liyuying&quot;s Grievances in prison&gt;, it turns out to be &quot;into poetry, into remarks, into words→birth→suffering→ex-death of wife&quot;s son→Yuying&quot;s redress→settlement&quot;. The deep structure of the former is romantic comedy, while the latter is the realism.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;In these two novels, the families are unable to do their duties. They described narrow people who love ex-wife&quot;s child only, and the people causing and deepening the contradictions between family members. Victims ex-wife&quot;s children are filial characters. When the event happens, they are not obedient any more, fighting with their stepmothers. The characters of stepmothers are both bad woman with lots of jealousy. The motive is the economic desire to obtain the property of ex-husband for their child. In the settlement of the event, the King, who&quot;s the highest in the country, knew the truth, and made the last judgment. The motive of the judgment is to set up the right family ethics and correct the behavior of stepmothers.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;In a word, these two novels show us the features and similar figures of lawsuit novels which deal with the contradictions between stepmother and ex-wife&quot;s children and the settlement process.