[Korean study Series 45]

이 책은 중국과 시베리아의 샤먼 의례들을 배경으로 하여 한국 무속의 특징을 규명한다. 필자는 문학적 방법론을 차용하여, 의례들이 지닌 고유한 구성방식 및 그들이 체현하고 있는 다면적 세계들에 대해 분석한다. 본서는 의례들에서 삶에 대한 체험과 믿음의 세계들을 불러일으키기 위해 사용되는 극적인 수단들에 대해 고찰한다. 마을 굿은 연극적이며 상징적인 몸짓들을 통해서 마을 신들과 함께 어우러지는 세계를 만들어낸다. 가족 굿은 심리극적인 활동을 통해서 치유하고, 망자를 위한 의식은 시적인 장면을 통해서 미(美), 평화 및 경이, 그리고 생명의 완성을 향한 희망을 죽음에 부여한다. 샤먼 의례가 지닌 핵심적인 의미는 모든 참가자들에게 동일하다. 하지만 애매하고 모순적이며 혼란스러운 요소들로 인해 개개의 참가자들은 각기 다르게 반응하면서, 의식의 주된 수행자들로서 그 의미를 내적으로 완성시킨다. 본서는 이를 의례의 치유력과 의례들에서 다루어지는 악의 본성, 그리고 그리스도교에서 차용된 종교적 범주들 및 아방가르드 연극의 극적 양식들의 견지에서 고찰해 본다.

This study identifies marks of Korean shamanic rites (gut) against the backdrop of Chinese and Siberian rites. Borrowing literary methods and drawing upon observations from four decades living in Korea and China, the author analyzes the intrinsic make-up of rites and the multi-faceted worlds they embody. The book explores dramatic means that rites employ to project viable worlds of belief and experience. In village gut, play-acting and symbolic gestures bring to life a world of playful interaction with village gods. In family gut, psycho-dramatic activity aids healing; and spatial poetry endows death with beauty, peace, wonder, and hope for life's fulfillment. A shamanic rite's core of meaning is the same for all; but ambiguous, contradictory, and chaotic aspects of the action allow different participants to respond differently, realizing that meaning interiorly as the main ritual agents.
How all this works out in classic Korean gut is highlighted through comparison with descriptions of Manchu, Han Banner, and Oroqen rites of Northeast China; Qiang, Naxi, and Yi rites of Southwest China; and Buryat and Khakassian rites of Siberia. It is explored as well in terms of rites' healing power, the nature of evil dealt with, religious categories borrowed from Christianity, and theatrical modes of Avant-garde theater.

"Foreword: Exploring Korean Shaman Rituals

Part One: Analytical Approaches to Shamanic Rituals

Chapter One: A Korean Mudang's Gifts for her People
Gift of the Mudang's Life
Family Healing and Wholeness
Harmony with Village Gods
Death's Peace, Beauty, and Fulfillment

Chapter Two: Dramatic Make-up and Gut Worlds
Spirit Drama
Gut Wonder
Dramatic Movement
Spatial Poetry and Poetic Tension
Comic Play and Woe
Dramatic Unity

Chapter Three: Shamanic Worlds of Korea and Northeast China
Manchu Worlds and Gut Worlds
Han Banner Spectacle and Dramatic Gut Interaction
The Sacred Ecology of an Oroqen Rite

Chapter Four: Shamanic Worlds of Korea and Southwest China
Bringing Gut Worlds to Life
Qiang and Korean Rites
A Sacrificial Naxi Rite
A Stillborn Yi Family Rite
Yi and Korean Family Rites
A Symbolic Han Rite

Chapter Five: A Jeju Family Rite
Day One: Setting the Mythic Stage and Insuring Children's Well-being
Day Two: Soul Retrieval and Cleansing the Path for the Dead
Day Three: Renewed Healing and Dispelling Evil

Part Two: Analytical Perspectives on Shamanic Rituals

Chapter Six: The Healing Dynamics of Korean, Chinese, and Siberian Rites
The Healing Agents of Jeju and Khakassian Rites
Yi Healing; Experiential and Ritualistic
Psycho-dramatic Healing in Seoul Gut

Chapter Seven: Korean, Naxi, and Yi Worlds of Evil
Gut Pollution and Han
Pestilence in Naxi Spirit Winds
Infectious Spirit Curses in Yi Society

Chapter Eight: The Gut Experience and the ChristianExperience
Word, Sign, and Theological Aesthetics in Village Gut
Word, Sign, and Theological Dramatics in Family Gut
The Drama of a Mudang's Call
Faces of Divine Presence
Ambiguities of Evil

Chapter Nine: Sacred Ecologies of Siberia and Korea
Tri-polar World of a Mongol Buryat Initiation Rite
The Sacred Presence of Lake Baikal
A Tuvan Rite at a Sacred Natural Site
Improvised Spirit World of a Khakassian Rite
Gut Ecology and the Rhythms of Family Life

Chapter Ten: Gut and Avant-garde Theater
Mythic Motifs in an Absurdist Play
Existential Similarities and Dissimilarities, Gut and Absurdist Plays
Symbolic Affinities, Death Gut and an Absurdist Play
Dramatic Affinities, Gut and Avant-garde Plays

Epilogue: Researching the Dramatic Power of Shamanic Rites

Comparative Analysis and Evaluation
Comparative Symbolism
Dramatic Analysis
Author's Previously Published Works Revised for this Volume
Bibliography of Works Cited
Index