남극엽 시조의 개작 및 한역 양상과 그 의미

Abstract

Aegyung(愛景) Nam Geuk-yeop(南極曄) was a hyangchonsajok(鄕村士族: country aristocrat) of Damyang who wrote twelve-line stanzaic sijo(時調) Aekyeongdangsibiwolga(愛景堂十二月歌) and adapted it to another sijo, leaving two forms of Chinese translation for it. This dissertation aims to thoroughly explore both the consciousness of Nam as a writer and the implication of Aekyeongdangsibiwolga which have only been partially comprehended until now. In order to achieve this goal, the remaking and the Chinese translation of Aekyeongdangsibiwolga will be analyzed. This analysis is expected to specify the characteristics of the 18th century sijo written by hyangchonsajok. The original version of Aekyeongdangsibiwolga noticeably features the writer’s personal emotional orientation focused on the communion with the countryside nature and the pleasure that comes from it. This feature was substituted by the tendency to display universal imagery or ethical theme during the adaptation process. Since Nam had a stable local foundation in the rural community in his last days, his satisfaction with his own life was reflected in the structure and the content of the original poem. The adaptation and the Chinese translation proceeded at the time when Nam’s influence in his family and the rural community increased along with the rise of his social responsibility. Literary interactions with neighboring hyangchonsajok were detected in the remaking process. The perception of documentation seems to have mainly affected the Chinese translation process. The remaking and the Chinese translation of Aekyeongdangsibiwolga accompanied the expansion of reader class and the reinforcement of documentation. These effects interrelated with the conversion of the characteristics of Aekyeongdangsibiwolga from a personal․emotional level to a universal․ideological level. In conclusion, Nam Geuk-yeop was a writer who developed multiple level of methods to express individual emotion and social consciousness through the creation and the formal․contextual variation of Aekyeongdangsibiwolga. The adaptation and the Chinese translation of Nam’s poetry were the results achieved by the 18th century hyangchonsajok who searched for appropriate means to conduct their social role and express personal emotion. This bears the implication of expanding the possibility of sijo written by 18th century hyangchonsajok.