This study examines how peritexts shape the interpretive frameworks through which a text is read. Peritext refers to paratextual elements located within the physical boundaries of a published work that mediate readers’ access to and interpretation of the main text. This study analyzes the peritexts of three English translations of Kuunmong. In order to examine whether the reading direction presented by the peritexts is realized in the translated texts, this study analyzes selected examples that show how such framing affects the body text. The analysis shows that the three translations present Kuunmong in different ways. First, Gale’s translation assumes Western readers as its target audience and presents Kuunmong as an exotic Eastern romance centered on polygynous relationships. Rutt’s translation places Kuunmong within the anthology Virtuous Women and emphasizes the dialogues and relationships among female characters, thereby guiding readers to read the work as a narrative of female relationships and a community formed through shared emotional experiences. Fenkl’s translation supplements information on the historical background and religious and institutional structures of the work, thereby presenting Kuunmong as a classical text to be understood within a historical, religious, and symbolic system.
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Abstract I. 들어가는 말 II. 이론적 배경 1. 페리텍스트의 정의와 번역서에서의 기능 2. 한국 고전소설 『구운몽』의 영어 번역 연구 III. 연구방법 IV. 분석결과 1. 게일 번역본: 극동의 낯선 일부다처제 세계로 그려지는 『구운몽』 2. 러트 번역본: 여성들의 관계 서사로서 그려지는 『구운몽』 3. 펜클 번역본: 역사적·상징적 텍스트로서의 『구운몽』 V. 나가는 말 AI 사용 보고 참고문헌