徐居正 초기시에 있어서의 功名의 문제와 시적 대응

Abstract

This paper examines the issue of love of honor (功名) and poetic response in Seo Geo-jeong’s early poems. Seo Geo-jeong had a longing for love of honor in the sudden change of the political situation at the beginning of the career. However, he had to watch close friends like Han Myeong-hoe(韓明澮) and Shin Suk-ju(申叔舟) emerge as key forces. His early poems are surrounded by this situation. Seo Geo-jeong's early poems have several characteristics. In terms of subject matter, there may be conflicting subjects within the work of the same title, and the subject consciousness of the works of the same period would be sometimes contradicted. Behind the consciousness of early poems is the consciousness of love of honor. At the point where it is not accepted and distorted in reality, it can be confirmed that it shows a sharp poetic response. The poetic response is mainly achieved through an allegory method or a space of imagination. He draws those who distort true meanings into the space range of poetry. Then, he takes the method of indirectly mocking and booing (揶揄). When he feels that it is difficult to adjust the situation for love of honor, he uses the space of imagination. Through this, the imaginary reward is pursued by expressing the maximum value of the imaginable maneuvering (功業). However, the way of allegory and the imaginary reward, like the two sides of the same coin, are also linked to a deep skepticism about the fleetingness of love of honor. For a full understanding of Seo Geo-jeong’s poetry, it is necessary to pay attention to the fierce response of the ego to the world in early poems. On the other hand, Seo Geo-jeong's early poems can be said to provide a clue to the exploration of rich possibilities for human understanding in a situation of sudden political change.