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This paper aims to study on a phenomenon where adverbials are strongly needed for Korean middle constructions in light of semantics and pragmatics. First, in light of pragmatics, it was found that middle construction is a universal phenomenon in typology, in which case adverbial is also strongly required in many languages. In the process, the prototypical features of middle constructions were discovered, which leads to the notion that they describe the general properties of generic subject ultimately. It was found in this study that the attributes of generic subject in the middle constructions can be applied to anyone, and these universal features originate from implicit argument. In addition, the attributes of subject cannot be explained enough only with semantic information of middle verbs so the middle construction itself lacks in information regardless of valency. This lack of informativeness is complemented by the role of “adverbial,” and this paper, with a focus on pragmatics, described that adverbial has a function of relational new information. Meanwhile, with regard to the informatively domain by adverbial, some cases were explored where several verbal elements were simultaneously involved to provide informativeness for the middle constructions, which resulted in the finding that the informative role of adverbial relatively decreases when the focus markers “i/ka” are added to the subject, but still remains larger than when combined with demonstrative and subject.

<Love What is this>, <Winter Sonata> and <Dae Jang Guem> are the most successful Korean dramas abroad. Recently, <My Love from a Star> which has been newly caused the Korean drama boom in China begins to succeed the abroad success of Korean dramas. According to the common opinion of Korea and Chinese researchers, the cause of the great success of the Korean drama seems that they were well represented the traditional values such as familism or filial piety. However, unlike the previous three dramas the last is not applied to the logic. These four dramas stand out traditional narrative grammar to mediate a common contradiction and the protagonist to aspire to premodern society’s value or attitude. <Love What is this> is seeking the coexistence of men and women under the antinomic situation and collision of family values between the modern and pre-modern. The male protagonist of <Winter Sonata> is a combination of incompatible qualities and this drama extremely seeks to romantic idealism and stereotypic exotericism. <Dae Jang Geum> actively utilizes the fact of history as background and simultaneously introduces the traditional female heroic narrative into the most powerful male’s world. By doing so, this drama stands out fictional imagination. <My Love from a Star> is based on the assumption both impossibility in on time and space and describes the extraordinary encounter and love between a man and alien beings from outer space. In addition to this, the hero and heroine of the Drama are in the latest fashion and have sophisticated qualities but they have a conservative and traditional values at the same time. The success of these dramas show that our lives are often exposed to the contradictions and we hope to escape from the situations and heal the wounds in this world through well packaged traditional narratives.

The aim of this thesis is to analysis <Something written by Blood> of Son Chang-seop with absurdity of the philosophy suggested by Albert Camus to find out the absurdity concept and correspondence aspects in this work. Even though the word 'absurdity' of his works was appeared among some thesis, but the studies could not find many-sided definition because the studies were done in the narrow view point of 'post war'. Thus the author thinks that the 'absurdity' in the works of Son Chang-seop means not only real lives but also essence of life, and thus tries to seek for the deep concept created as the essence by Son through his pursuit of real nature of life. Albert Camus's absurdity means 'strangeness' naturally and this is made when two objects were compared, not isolated object or event. This strangeness comes from the relations between me and the outside, me and others, and me and myself. He emphasized to have the attitude of consideration in order to understand the meaning of absurdity, and suggested the resistance, liberation, and passion as the attitude of corresponding with absurdity. The author found out the special feature of absurdity suggested by Albert Camus, and the strangeness appearing relations between me and the outside, me and others, and me and myself in this text through the detailed study. Self-consciousness of existence, passion for living as the corresponding with absurdity were expressed. As a result, the images of absurdity on human beings, and the will to correspond with this absurdity were found in this text.

This thesis studies aspect of the value construction for public office though discourse in Korean folk-tale. Though this, this thesis studies meaning mechanism of public office as value-object. In conclusion, this thesis provides reflection on meaning of 'performance of public office'. A object we cognize has meaning of value-object as well as function-object. And the meaning of value-object is social reality constructed by interaction of community. This thesis studies meaning of public office as value-object from this premise. For this, we consider narrative structure about 'getting public office', separating aspect of modal regulation and act regulation. Though this aspect, we find some repetitive dicourse pattern. And then, we consider the Confucianism cognitive system enable repetitive dicourse pattern In conclusion, this thesis finds public office has the meaning of value-object about 'formation of relationship for other' and 'self-cultivation of usual life as a sincere attitude' as well as job of public business. Like this, pubic office is cognized as double meaning sign by the Confucianism cognitive system. So, for foregoer, 'performance of public office' signifies not only a faithful performance of function but also 'self-cultivation of usual life as a sincere attitude' and 'formation of relationship for other' not dogmatism.

This paper aims at reconsideration about poetic meaning of nature in Kim Cheon Taek’s sijo, based on the art trend of late Joseon dynasty. Studies about nature image in sijo have been made progress in many ways, but former studies usually focused on the linkage between politics and the poetic image of nature. Therefore, the nature image in late Joseon sijo, which were frequently written by middle class people like Kim Cheon Taek, wasn’t properly explained. Also, former studies overlooked the idea that sijo was written to sing. As this paper examined, the poetic meaning of nature could be diverse, because the most of sijos were song of the people in Seoul. Seoul’s art tendency was rashly changing in 18th century. This tendency made the nature image in sijo more consuming and poetic meaning of nature was getting closer to actual art circumstances. This paper is kind of case study to reconsider the whole idea of nature in sijo.