<Baekhakseonjeon> is a female hero's novel in which Jo Eun-ha, a female hero, goes to war and rescues a male figure, Yu Baek-ro, who has been captured as a prisoner of war and saves the country from barbarians.
These male figures appearing in <Baekhak ...
<Baekhakseonjeon> is a female hero's novel in which Jo Eun-ha, a female hero, goes to war and rescues a male figure, Yu Baek-ro, who has been captured as a prisoner of war and saves the country from barbarians.
These male figures appearing in <Baekhakseonjeon> have various aspects that cannot be explained by typical figures. In this paper, by examining these points in detail, we try to find the meaning of the shape of the male figure in the narrative and why it was shaped like this.
The figure of male figures in <Baekhakseonjeon> is as follows. First, Baek-ro Yoo is a person who prioritizes his desire for love for Jo Eun-ha rather than his role as the patriarch. The personality defect that prioritizes one's own desires over the given tasks of Yu Baek-ro has been passed down since he was a Tae-eul-seon in the heavenly realm. An inexperienced, foolish patriarch puts the family at risk.
Jo Eun-ha, a female figure, appears and corrects the endangered family and country order. <Baekhakseonjeon> is a female heroic novel in which Jo Eun-ha takes over the role of the father and daughter and plays an active role as a female hero due to the existence of Yoo Baek-ro, an immature male figure who cannot control her desires.
The second male figure is Choi Guk-ryang. Choi Guk-ryang is portrayed in the narrative as a person who has the aspect of being the father of an adoptee beyond a simple adversary. Choi Guk-ryang is a man who holds the position of a monk, which is the highest position of his time that he can rise as a subject except for the emperor. What is problematic for Choi Guk-ryang, who has both wealth and honor, as well as his new arrival, is that he has no children to inherit. Choi Guk-ryang is a character who undermines the medieval order by placing too much importance on the personal desire of the family's survival and prosperity.
Lastly, Master Toh, who appears in the form of a rabbit in the narrative of <Baekhakseonjeon>, is a being who has led to his own ruin because of his desire to covet the woman. Even though he has the ability to transform into anything and possesses great power, he cannot control his greed for womanhood and leads to his own death.
The meanings inherent in the male figure in this <Baekhakseonjeon> are as follows.
First, <Baekhakseonjeon> is a work that speaks of the boundaries against masculine desire that causes a crisis of desire in the Middle Ages. Second, <Baekhakseonjeon> is a work that positively rediscovers the woman who was the neighbour, as a mediator between male-centered imperfect medieval order and male desire. Third, it can be confirmed that <Baekhakseonjeon> is a work that has been developed by accommodating various elements in our classic narrative through the image of Yu Baek-ro, who has a crush on a female hero, and the presence of male figures such as Teacher Toh.