한국 고전 서사문학에 나타난 책방형(冊房型) 인물의 존재 양상과 특징

Abstract

The 'Magistrate's Private Secretary(冊房)' is a position that does not fall under the official control (官制), and is privately filled by a village official. There are also documents recorded under the names of Chaekgaek(冊客) and Chaeksil(冊室). During the Joseon Dynasty, Ajeon was divided into “Kyung-ahjeon,”a lower-level official of the central government office, and “Oe-aJeon,”a lower-level official of the local government office, with Oe-ahjeon further divided into 'Hyangri (鄕吏)' and 'Gari (假吏). He was asked to cover for those who had served as former positions for generations for the province, and those who came from other provinces temporarily held former positions. However, Gari, who came in as a local officer and served as a kind of secretary while working on documents and accounting, was the magistrate's private secretary.
 A character reaches its epitome in the social relationship of a specific era. The special social relationship that the magistrate's private secretary was "a being in a subtle position as a private staff of the leader without having a government organizational position in the public space of Dongheon" is the background for discussing the model of a "Magistrate's Private Secretary," which encompasses Moknangcheong, Cho Nangcheong, and Lee Nangcheong. Since the character of a magistrate's private secretary is inextricably related to the leader, the shape in classical narrative literature also varies as per the structure of the relationship with the leader. Accordingly, it can be classified into various types, which are as follows. First, he is the "Magistrate's Private Secretary" character who is completely subordinated to the leader in adherence to a thorough hierarchical relationship, and his actions and actions arising from his subordination become the subject of ridicule and satire in the work. Second, although in a top-down relationship, he is the "Magistrate's Private Secretary," who forms a public relationship in relation to bribery, and he is the subject of criticism in the work, with the leader painted as a corrupt official. Third, although he is basically in a top-down relationship, it is the "Magistrate's Private Secretary" character that is less subordinate than the first type, and also contributes to making the leader an object of caricature or criticism in the work. Fourth, he, as the "Magistrate's Private Secretary," is embodying his own personality, regardless of the leader’s existence.