『말괄량이 길들이기』에 나타난 놀이를 통한 의미 찾기

Shakespeare intends to show a variety of plays rather than the simple development of action in The Taming of the Shrew. As a matter of fact, some critics suggest that Shakespeare tried to stress a certain ideology such as 16c. patriarchy in this work. However, in consideration of critics’ different response for this work, it is not desirable to say that Shakespeare stands for a single viewpoint. Rather, he has led spectators to participate in a lot of plays inserted in the work and to find various meanings according to individual viewpoint. Especially Shakespeare directed characters to enjoy the ‘lord’s role play’ for drunken Sly in Induction, Lucentio’s ‘disguise play’ for proposing to Bianca, and Petruchio’s ‘paradox play’ for taming the shrew, Katherina. Gadamer ever suggested that the subject of the play cannot control the play, rather the play itself controls the process of the play. Spectators should go through original artistic experiences instead of focusing only on simple storytelling based on the plot. By doing so, they can recognize a variety of meanings not denoted in the dialogue by means of artistic experiences. From this viewpoint of drama as a play, Shakespeare can be said to stipulate several patterns of play for spectators, the participants of the play. Spectators of The Taming of the Shrew can create their own methods of existence by participating in the plays. By understanding the hidden meanings in gaps of the dialogues in this work, spectators in the theatre or directors of Shakespearean movies can create their own existences. KCI Citation Count: 0