본 논문은 ‘목화 따는 노과부’의 성욕 실현 방식과 그 의미를 중심으로 성적 주체로서 여성캐릭터의 면모를 검토한 것이다. 여성캐릭터로서 이 과부는 자신의 성욕을 실현하기 위해 적극적으로 남성을 유혹하되 점차적으로 접근해 상대방의 마음을 얻는 데 성공한다. 물론 그녀의 유혹은 순간적인 쾌락을 위해서가 아니라 지속적인 관계를 맺기 위한 것이다. 또한 그녀에게는 열(烈), 수절, 내지 여성에 대한 자의식, 갈등이 없다. 그저 외로움을 극복하기 위해 남성을 유혹하는 것이다. 따라서 그녀의 유혹은 진실성을 얻는다.구조적 의미에서 보면 이 노과부는 모든 면에서 결핍되어 있는 약자로 서사 전개상 패배할 수밖에 없다. 그런데 서사는 노과부의 주도로 전개될 뿐만 아니라 그녀의 성공담으로 귀결된다. 이는 그녀의 처지에 공감한 이들이 그에 걸맞는 대립적 인물을 동원해 노과부의 이야기를 만들어 냈기 때문이다.요컨대 ‘목화 따는 노과부’는 자신의 불리한 삶에 절망하거나 주저앉지 않고 행복한 삶을 쟁취하기 위해 노력하고, 그리고 그것을 쟁취한다. 따라서 그녀는 자신의 삶에서 소외되지 않았고, 서사에서도 주도적인 역할을 함으로써 역시 소외되지 않았다. 그런 점에서 이 노과부는 진취적인 여성캐릭터로서 설화를 접하는 현재 여성들에게 긍정적인 영향을 끼칠 것이라 생각한다.

The woman characters as the subject in sexual relationship found in the tales handed down orally -centering around the old widow picking cotton- Park, Sang-ran I studied on the way of realization of sexuality and it's meaning of the old widow picking cotton, the woman character as the subject in sexual relationship found in the tales handed down orally, in this essay. As woman character, this widow is active in tempting the man to realize her own sexuality but succeeds in win his heart in gradual way of approach. Of course, she tempts him not for a temporary pleasure but for an abiding relations. And she has no the moral idea of doing not remarry, the self-consciousness and the complex feeling as woman. She only tempts him to overcome her loneliness. For that reason, her tempting is true. In terms of structural meaning her defeat looks inevitable in the development of narration, as the weak in the state of lack in every respect. But she leads the development of narration, and the narration is resulted in her success story as well. This is caused by the way of composing the story of an old widow, using the character in antagonistic relationship as a good match, by one empathizing her circumstances. In short, the old widow picking cotton tries to attain, and attained a happy life, doing not despair of her own disadvantageous condition. So she is not alienated from her own life and from the narration as well. On that point, she seems to have a affirmative influence on the woman of today hearing this tales.

The woman characters as the subject in sexual relationship found in the tales handed down orally -centering around the old widow picking cotton- Park, Sang-ran I studied on the way of realization of sexuality and it's meaning of the old widow picking cotton, the woman character as the subject in sexual relationship found in the tales handed down orally, in this essay. As woman character, this widow is active in tempting the man to realize her own sexuality but succeeds in win his heart in gradual way of approach. Of course, she tempts him not for a temporary pleasure but for an abiding relations. And she has no the moral idea of doing not remarry, the self-consciousness and the complex feeling as woman. She only tempts him to overcome her loneliness. For that reason, her tempting is true. In terms of structural meaning her defeat looks inevitable in the development of narration, as the weak in the state of lack in every respect. But she leads the development of narration, and the narration is resulted in her success story as well. This is caused by the way of composing the story of an old widow, using the character in antagonistic relationship as a good match, by one empathizing her circumstances. In short, the old widow picking cotton tries to attain, and attained a happy life, doing not despair of her own disadvantageous condition. So she is not alienated from her own life and from the narration as well. On that point, she seems to have a affirmative influence on the woman of today hearing this tales.

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