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The latter part in Chosun dynasty was the time that self awakening occurred to Gisaeng who were women employed to please man of upscale by singing and dancing. They came to
present their self consciousness, refusing the notion that they should become an object of interest for pleasure of the Yangbhan who was a upper class of old Korea. In spite of that, Gisaeng was evaluated as a passive figure in the Hwejol novel in the latter part in Chosun dynasty. Especially Gisaeng, appearing in Jibonjon, Junghyangjon, Jongokjon, Oulanjon, all of which were old novels written in chinese character, was generally regarded as a passive figure
who was acting by the direction of conspirators for forgoing Yangbhan's integrity. So, this thesis revealed by analyzing works that Gisaeng appearing in Hwejol novel written in chinese character had had self consciousness. I raised an argument about the fact that Gisaeng was underestimated because of male's viewpoint, although they were self-conscious. On chapter 2, I closely investigated the images of Gisaeng through works. So far, the many roles of Gisaeng in Hwejol discourse and Hwejol novel was referred to as no more than the means of conspirator for forgoing integrity. So on this chapter, I concentrated on the fact that Baekok, Jonghyang, Hyanglan, and Oulan were the subjective figure with self-consciousness. I considered that the self-consciousness was made in the course of satirizing the dualism of Yangbhan. Sarcasm used for satirizing Yangbhan man makes lose the dignity of Yangbhan. This is the upset of Yangbhan and through this upset, Gisaeng got possession of self-consciousness. On this paper, I tried to see Gisaeng, the minority at that time, in their side, which can be meaningful.