본고는 고소설 작품 속에 삽입되어 있는 놀이 또는 놀이문화의 실제적 서술양상과 그 서사적 역할 및 의미가 무엇인지에 관한 연구다. 놀이는 또 다른 삶의 모형이라 말할 수 있는 바, 인간의 다양한 군상과 현실적 삶을 보여주기에 소설의 서사장치로 종종 활용되곤 한다. 실제 고소설 작품에 삽입된 놀이는 크게 여섯 가지 유형의 서사적 기능을 감당하고 있다고 보았다. 첫째, 주술적 성격을 띤 주술용 놀이, 둘째, 오락성을 드러내는 여가용 놀이, 셋째, 낭만성을 담보한 결연용 놀이, 넷째, 서사적 갈등의 증폭과 이완을 조장하는 대결용 놀이, 다섯째, 인정세태를 반영비판하기 위한 세태반영용 놀이, 그리고 박람강기식 지식을 드러내기 위한 설명용 놀이가 바로 그러하다. 이러한 서사적 기능을 담보한 놀이들이 실제 고소설 작품에서 어떻게 기능하며, 그 서사적 의미가 무엇인지 살피기 위해 옥루몽의 놀이 서사 문제를 중심으로 삼았다. 그 결과, 옥루몽에서는 사대부와 왕족이 즐겨 행하던 여가용 놀이와 주인공의 뛰어난 면모를 보여주고 대결 국면의 서사적 갈등을 심화, 이완시키기 위한 대결용 놀이가 적극 활용되고 있음을 알 수 있있다. 이런 놀이들은 옥루몽에서 구체적으로 博覽强記 내지 才學的 서사를 보여주고, 오락성을 강화시켜주며, 서사적 갈등을 증폭 또는 이완시키는 기제 역할을 하고, 당시 사회의 인정세태와 도시의 유흥문화를 반영해 내는 데 적지 않은 기여를 하고 있다고 할 것이다. 이는 옥루몽을 비롯한 19세기 소설 중 놀이를 서사화의 도구로 삼은 작품에서 나타나는 문학적 특징 중 하나로, 유흥문화의 세태를 이해하고 이 시기의 소설사적 특질을 밝히는 단서로도 유용하다.

This study is about consideration for narrative role and meaning in old novel which is descriptive of ‘play’ or ‘amusement’. Nature of play is generally similar with nature of human life. Therefore, it is easy to use play by narrative device which can show actual life of human and various social conditions in old novels. In this case, play is able to achieve six types of narrative role. For example, there are six types as follows : ① play for incantation, ② play for leisure, ③ play for forming a relationship, ④ play for confrontation which promote narrative tension or laxity, ⑤ play for reflecting social conditions, ⑥ play for explanation. Okrumong(玉樓夢) is good example to show us how play can undertake such narrative functions in old novel. In the case of Okrumong, various plays like SsangRyuk(雙六), polo, boating merrymaking etc. are narrated vividly from many angles. We can make sure that play for leisure often used to describe amusement culture of upper-class, and play for confrontation also used to elate or relieve a tense atmosphere between the characters in Okrumong. Such plays are functional to make double entertainingness and to reflect social conditions and amusement culture of Choseon dynasty in the 19th century. These features are discovered considerably from many old novels written in the 19th century.

This study is about consideration for narrative role and meaning in old novel which is descriptive of ‘play’ or ‘amusement’. Nature of play is generally similar with nature of human life. Therefore, it is easy to use play by narrative device which can show actual life of human and various social conditions in old novels. In this case, play is able to achieve six types of narrative role. For example, there are six types as follows : ① play for incantation, ② play for leisure, ③ play for forming a relationship, ④ play for confrontation which promote narrative tension or laxity, ⑤ play for reflecting social conditions, ⑥ play for explanation. Okrumong(玉樓夢) is good example to show us how play can undertake such narrative functions in old novel. In the case of Okrumong, various plays like SsangRyuk(雙六), polo, boating merrymaking etc. are narrated vividly from many angles. We can make sure that play for leisure often used to describe amusement culture of upper-class, and play for confrontation also used to elate or relieve a tense atmosphere between the characters in Okrumong. Such plays are functional to make double entertainingness and to reflect social conditions and amusement culture of Choseon dynasty in the 19th century. These features are discovered considerably from many old novels written in the 19th century.

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play, amusement, narrative role and meaning, play for forming a relationship, play for confrontation, play for incantation, play for reflecting social conditions, play for explanation, amusement culture in the 19th Century, Okrumong(玉樓夢)