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A special exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of Silhak Museum – Falling in novels, 《Bang Gakbon and Korean novels》
Period/ 2019.06.25(Tue) ~ 2019.08.25(Sun)
Venue/ The 1st permanent exhibition room at Silhak Museum
How would you like to spend your time if you had more disposable income and leisure time?
We newly prepared a section in the permanent exhibition room in order to explore a social trend that appeared in the field of literature (novel) in the late Joseon era, and influences it had on people’s life.
The Chungin class which started to have more economic means and spare time in the late Joseon era looked for new and elegance cultural entertainment. Reading novels, which was considered as an exclusive product of the elite class, started to become the most popular way of enjoying spare time. The trend spread throughout society across different genders and classes. Based on the increased demand, Banggakbon owners who used to publish official sources focusing on men such as Thousand Character Classic, Dongmongseonseup, and Saseo, started to turn their eyes to making profits through mass production of novels. That was the start of Banggakbon novels.
As mass production of novels became possible through the commercialization of novels, novels became cheaper with a broader readership. In addition, jeongisus and chaekbis who read novels aloud as a profession started to appear. Through the advent of pansori performers who expressed the novels in a more theatrical way allowed even illiterate classes to enjoy novels as well. In Seoul, seochaekgas, which rented books out also appeared. With the more classes which can enjoy novels, people could empathize more against unfair social customs and bad habits. In this sense, Banggakons played a big role in increasing the level of consciousness of the people, and contributed greatly for Hangeul to settle as a recording medium.
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