조선후기 사대부 부인의 애정시 표현양상과 문학사적 의미 ― 김삼의당 애정시를 중심으로 ―

Abstract

This study speculated on expressing aspects of love poetry by Kim Samouidang, a high official’s wife in the late Joseon period and its meaning in literature history. It was thought that she had high sense of self-esteem and could express true feeling as a woman in her poetry unlike other women from noble family. Kim Samouidang’s poetry was based on active communication with her husband. They respected and sympathized with each other. She never complained of financial difficulty in the household as the couple gave a more focus on each other’s appreciation and sympathy rather than making his family prosperous and supporting her husband and family members. Also, they accepted and respected each other through intelligent conversation. They had debates when each of them believed his or her opinion was right and they encouraged each other even when they were depressed. They felt emotional while seeing natural scenery in front of the house and communicated each other on it even though they were separated in distance. Samouidang’s love poetry was characterized by questions and answers on norms and emotional feeling. She tried to think within Confucian regulations as a high official’s wife, which was expressed in her regulation poetry. However, she felt sorry and missed her husband as she was separated from her husband even though her poetry was normative and expressed such feeling honestly in her poetry. Her poetry had meaning in that she expressed her love honestly though she was a high official’s wife. Also she showed love with her husband in Soochang poetry and letters sent to her husband, which broke prejudice in the late Joseon period.