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Reimagining Hwang Jini as Operatic Heroine: Through Selected Comparisons With Violetta and Cio-cio-san

Year: 2025

Type: dissertation

Abstract: Female entertainer protagonists in opera, Violetta from La Traviata and Cio-Cio-San from Madama Butterfly, embody sacrificial love by conforming to 19th-century Parisian or Meiji Japanese social norms. In contrast, Hwang Jini from Lee Young Jo’s opera Hwang Jini challenges the social stigma of the Joseon Dynasty. Through an exploration of historic cultural context and a review of each character’s responses to societal constraints, coupled with an analysis of how Hwang Jini’s sijo-changs reflect her perspicacity and devotion to personal agency in defying social norms, this paper presents Hwang Jini as a modern shift from the traditional female entertainer protagonists.

Source: UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona)

Authors: Lee, Chunghee, Lee, Chunghee

Language: English

Topic: Musicology and Musical Analysis

Subfield: Music

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7149889815

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