설화를 통해 본 중국조선족 디아스포라

Studies on China's Ethnic Koreans' Diaspora through Tales

As is known to all, tale is a kind of natural literature and folklore which is transmitted through successive generations, and it infiltrates ethnic archetype——Collective Unconscious which is one of Carl Gustav Jung's theories. Therefore, it is a good perspective and method for the studies on literature and even the whole nation by approaching ethnic collective unconscious through tales. China's ethnic Koreans is an existence of diaspora which is naturally shown in the literary works of this ethnic group. It goes without saying that tale shows its value as a kind of collective literature. Tales of China's ethnic Koreans include traditional stories and wild tales. Diaspora can certainly be found in traditional stories, while it sparkles in wild tales. Tales of ethnic Koreans have been studied in literary world for so long, such as "Studies on folklore of China's ethnic Koreans" (Kim Dong-Hoon, Korean literature 1999) "Holistic Approach on Tales of China's ethnic Koreans" (sketch-up made in Information Department of Korean literature 2002), etc. Diaspora is not so much referred to in the previous studies and achievements,. On this basis, this essay is focused on diaspora which is one of the hottest spots in recent literary studies.