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In order to ascertain the current status of research on the islets folklore and look for new directions, there is a undeniable need to evaluate and analyze the flow of the existing research. This article focused on the cases of Choi, Dukwon, who has conducted research on islands for over 30 years since 1960 and examined the content and achievement of the research, scholastic significance, and remaining tasks of research on islets folklore.
His work demands considerable reckoning that he led the research on islets even before the term islets?marine culture was generalized. His study on islets folklore has been continuous and focused and it has remarkable scholastic significant. Looking at the research themes, there are a lot about folk beliefs. Especially, ��Dangje of the Archipelago" which comprehensively deals with Dangje in Sinan region stands out in comparison even with later achievements. Besides, he drew out independent topics such as fishing belief, barbel stone belief, Usil belief, salt belief, and charms and expanded the discussion. In addition,his achievement on excavating new folklore materials and categorizing them is of high significance. His report which researched and categorized the folk art of the Archipelago and orally-transmitted literature is deemed as highly valuable.
Of course, there are remaining tasks. The perspective that views the folk culture of islets region as inheriting the old culture treats the current folklore as an inherited tradition and separates the contemporary people who transmit the culture from the culture, viewing it as a surviving culture. Also the perspective which looks at the folklore culture as a fixed text, rather than looking at it in a context, needs to be changed. It was a general tendency of 20th century folklore to argue for the urgency of folklore research; to focus on collecting and compiling materials; and approaching on external texts. Therefore, the remaining task is to develop an awareness that is needed at the current level and inherit the achievements of the existing research in a creative manner.