A Study on Yubongseonjeon : Focusing on the comparative research between the different versions and the review of related works

This study was the subject of analysis of the classic novel Yubongseonjeon, which has not been discussed in detail. There was a mention of introducing Yubongseonjeon held in the Chungnam National University Library as a copy of Giyeonhoebongnok, but no specific research was conducted to compare it with Giyeonhoebongnok, perhaps because the Chungnam script Yubongseonjeon was a lost copy. Recently, I was additionally introduced to the Goryeong edition Yubongseonjeon, which has a record of being written by a 15-year-old girl, and I took this opportunity to review the contents of the Chungnam script and the Goryeong edition Yubongseonjeon. As a result, it was confirmed that this work was not related to the Giyeonhoebongnok. Although both the Chungnam script and the Goryeong script are not complete copies, they are expected to be able to make up for each other’s shortcomings so I worked on comparing the two books. As a result, it is highly likely that neither book is a draft, and that the Chungnam script is more inclined to accurately use vocabulary and convey information than the Goryeong script, and that the Goryeong script is interested in expressing emotions. It also confirmed that each book can complement the unclear parts of each book. Next, I thought about what kind of work can be considered to be related to Yubongseonjeon. As a result, I confirmed that Yubongseonjeon is related to the work of the Leedaebongjeon and its similar works, novels featuring female heroes, and briefly compared the narrative paragraphs of the works of the Yubongseonjeon, the Leedaebongjeon and Leebongbinjeon. In the case of the current Yubongseonjeon copy, both are jade copies, and the narrative development is not smooth, so it is difficult to see them as well-organized works. However, if a number of practice-level novels or imitative novels were created around the beginning of the 20th century, it will be possible to conduct research to understand the reality by considering them as a cultural phenomenon. Therefore, this study informs basic information on individual works Yubongseonjeon and understands the creation and enjoyment of classical novels from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. I would like to give significance to the fact that it has laid the foundation.