고전시가에 나타난 꽃의 심상(心象) 유형

Abstract

This thesis is studies about types of the Image of Flowers showed in Korean Classic Poems and about opposing system working in them. The Image of Flowers in relation to cognition is divided into one as material existence, and one as a projection of humans consciousness according to whether an object is perceived as the existence itself or as a thing humans' consciousness is applied for. Flowers of a fetish as material existence are mainly working as the connection of god and humans in the context of religious relations. Flowers as an appreciation for enjoyment, on the other hand, are connected with a poet or poetic ego, who enjoys flowers' image itself and represents it with his own interest. As a projection of humans consciousness, a flower with a masculine image connotes male's figure or emblem, or his consciousness. On the other hand, that with a feminine one connotes female's figure or emblem, or her consciousness as well. After studying four types of opposition system in the images of flowers in Korean classic poems, we conclude that flowers as a material existence are opposed to ones as projection of humans consciousness. Flowers presented as a fetish and a masculine image is opposed to those as an appreciation for enjoyment and a feminine image.