조선 후기 한문학에 나타난 아속(雅俗) 논의의 의미

Abstract

The discussion of elegance and secularity in Korea during the pre-modern period was an assessment of the quality of literary works, which was evaluated as a elegance if the work had moral, educational, aesthetic, and artistic legitimacy and superiority, and if not, they were considered secularity. As a result, all subjects of literature at the time had no choice but to agree on the discussion of elegance and secularity in Korea, which had a comprehensive and ideological meaning. However, in the late Joseon Dynasty, these elegance and secularity discussions gradually began to crack. Confusion at the boundary between elegance and secularity began to occur when vulgarities that had not been recognized as the realm of elegance until the previous period were brought into the realm of elegance. The discussion of elegance and secularity in the late Joseon Dynasty was made by attention to secularity, not elegance, and was done in the recognition of the category and status of traditional elegance, and it was intended to expand the realm of elegance, not secularity, and it was characterized by bringing up ideas that emphasize the value and meaning of traditional elegance. However, even though the new perception of secularity that emerged in the late Joseon Dynasty caused a crack in the boundaries of elegance and secularity, the crack could not be comprehensive and was not recognized by most of the subjects of literature at the time. In addition, as time went on, a new perception of secularity started by some literary person in the late Joseon Dynasty gradually became a trend, but this trend also did not develop into recognition of the meaning of secularity itself. In the end, it can be seen that the discussion of elegance and secularity in the late Joseon Dynasty is not for the world of secularity, but for the realm of elegance.