춘향전-사랑, 두 시대의 결합

Chunhyangjeon-love, the combination of two eras

A study on the subject of Chunhyangjeon is based on the argument that Chunhyangjeon is an unreasonable work that cannot be combined with the pre-modern Yeol (chastity) and the modern liberation of identity(status) organically. However, this argument does not understand the multiple subjects of literary works. In order to solve the above problems, this study expanded the conflict structure of Chunhyangjeon. In this way, it is revealed that being denied in Chunhyangjeon is ideology and character that suppresses people, degrades women, distorts love under the pretext of loyalty, filial piety and chastity not the pre-modern. Chunhyangjeon modernizes the pre-modern era while denying distorted ideologies and characters. It is the Yeol (chastity) that unifies the two eras. Lee Mong-ryong denies the old era of Yeol (chastity) as a means of maintaining patriarchal order, and goes to Chun-hyang with love. Chunhyang affirms that Yeol (chastity) is love. Lastly, the love, Yeol (chastity) of a new era is realized through Lee Mong-ryong who has been a royal secret inspector. Chunhyangjeon is not the inconsistent and irrational works of two themes but it is one of the best works of the Korean people who achieved modern identity(status) liberation by sublimating the pre-modern Yeol (chastity) to love .