하와이 민요 <Pupu A O Ewa>의 환태평양 전파와 변용

Abstract

We are living in an era of acculturation. In Korea, many Korean pop singers sing a Korean version of ‘Pearly Shells’ every summer without knowing where the song really comes from. This thesis studied an original Hawaiian mele, “Pupu A O Ewa”, which is a prototype of “Pearly Shells”. First, this paper explains how the song ‘Pupu A O Ewa’ was written in specific historical circumstances in Hawai’i, and the historical and social backgrounds in the Pacific rim that influenced adaptations in different languages. Then, we utilize Fauconnier and Tunner’s Conceptual Blending Theory to diagram aspects of how the different contents and meanings in the original song and the adaptations in Korean and English are composed. The research shows that there is a resistance awareness in the original song while the English extension, “Pearly Shells”, drops the newsworthiness and only emphasizes the space to create the warm and romantic images of the South Pacific. The Korean adaptation was re-written from the English adaption words, so the song also portrays similar images. Although the original meanings have vanished in the extensions, the words, ‘ocean,’ ‘shells,’ ‘sea’ etc., with the up-tempo rhythm and the major scale melodies, have recreated the bright and positive images of the South Pacific in the world.