This study reveals what the literary therapy means with the means of oral competition, which means a sort of oral competition, in the folk tale “Baby-general.” Especially, the focus of this study is on the unhappy ending in the Baby-general, whereas the great majority of other folk tales that contain the oral competition paragraphs usually have the happy ending. I found out that despite a similar motif, the epic could be changed based on the viewpoint from which the epic subject sees the world. That is to say, the end of the epic is concluded as either happy or unhappy, according to the selection of the epical subject. This difference enables us to acquire the ability to turn unhealthy epic into healthy epic. And I also found out that since the motif of ‘oral competition’ becomes the diverging point of the epic, the epic could be changed according to the selection of the epic subject at the diverging point. Especially, the folk tale <Baby-general> has the unhappy end on the ground that ‘I’ was afraid of the ‘world’. So, to have a happy ending, the character ‘child’ needs to have the attitude, which the character “baby” in <Bull and father> has. In other words, to turn into a healthy epic, the character ‘baby general’ in <Baby-general> should be changed into the character “baby” in <Bull and Father>. In the meantime, the movie <Good Will Hunting> showed both the changes for the better and for the worse at the same time. This is why this movie is useful in the literary therapeutic territory. In term of literary education, this study will also enable student to plan their own healthy lives.

This study reveals what the literary therapy means with the means of oral competition, which means a sort of oral competition, in the folk tale “Baby-general.” Especially, the focus of this study is on the unhappy ending in the Baby-general, whereas the great majority of other folk tales that contain the oral competition paragraphs usually have the happy ending. I found out that despite a similar motif, the epic could be changed based on the viewpoint from which the epic subject sees the world. That is to say, the end of the epic is concluded as either happy or unhappy, according to the selection of the epical subject. This difference enables us to acquire the ability to turn unhealthy epic into healthy epic. And I also found out that since the motif of ‘oral competition’ becomes the diverging point of the epic, the epic could be changed according to the selection of the epic subject at the diverging point. Especially, the folk tale <Baby-general> has the unhappy end on the ground that ‘I’ was afraid of the ‘world’. So, to have a happy ending, the character ‘child’ needs to have the attitude, which the character “baby” in <Bull and father> has. In other words, to turn into a healthy epic, the character ‘baby general’ in <Baby-general> should be changed into the character “baby” in <Bull and Father>. In the meantime, the movie <Good Will Hunting> showed both the changes for the better and for the worse at the same time. This is why this movie is useful in the literary therapeutic territory. In term of literary education, this study will also enable student to plan their own healthy lives.

literary therapy, literary education, epic, oral competition, <Baby-general> Folktale