An Analysis of Chinese Fiction's Impact on the Joseon Conception of Fiction.

Based on the literature of Goryeo and Joseon fiction, this article aims to study ancient Korean fictive works written in Chinese, and explores the conception of early Goryeo and Joseon fiction from the lens of its reception of Chinese understanding of fiction. With the wide spread of fictive works such as Taiping Guangji and Jiandeng Xinhua on the Korean Peninsula, Goryeo and Joseon scholars began to understand and consciously create fiction. Then, Seo Geojung and Yi Seungso, who inherited the Confucian conception of fiction, put forward the "jesting theory" and "completing history theory". These ideas not only laid the foundation for the development of Joseon fiction theory, but also indicated that fiction had become an important genre in Joseon literary creation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]