『左溪裒談』 所載 詩話의 양상과 성격 연구

Abstract

Jwagya-budam『左溪裒談』 is a book that describes concise biographies,anecdotes, and Sihwa about Sadaebu in order of year the authors livedduring around 250 years from the late Reign of Gwanghaegun to Youngjo. This paper is focused on reviewing its aspects and meaning of literarycriticism, that is to say contents related to Sihwa, among many contentsof Jwagya-budam. Anecdotes and literary criticism associated with a poem and literaturein Jwagya-budam correspond to 63 passus of a total of 211, about 30%. The category of Sihwa is divided into a criticism of poem, evaluation,and anecdotes. Sihwa of Jwagya-budam did not have great interest interms of a criticism of poem. We cannot find the essence of poem ordiscussion on creative writing. The authors of the day was introducedand their works were evaluated. In addition, it was described accordingto poets and anecdotes about poetical composition. The characteristics and its meaning of this Sihwa were summed upas follows; first, it was confirmed that Sihwa of Jwagya-budam putemphasis on the history of Chinese poem of the day in that more thanhalf of a total of Sihwa were poets who worked from the end of 17thcentury to the early years of 18th century. Thus, it helps us to understandthe poem of Sadaebu of the day from the end of 17th century to the early years of 18th century near the time they wrote. Second, we can find its meaning in that it had objectivity withoutnarrow-mindedness and adherence to a faction. It is observed that a poemthat was one-sided to a faction was disparaged and a poetic geniusregardless of a position or faction was highly appreciated. Third, Jwagya-budam is a kind of writing, not a professional book onSihwa with a view point of record. So, it is confirmed that Jwagya-budamevaluated a poet and his poem and introduced Sihwa including a realisticcontent as a anecdote rather than a professional criticism of poemsbecause Sihwa was used as an assistant means in order to explain inthree dimension the character in the form of a biography of each person. There are many contents including a poet’s spirit showing the measureof him, the future of poems associated with destiny of a poet, an elegyto express a person’s life and sorrow. This characterizes Sihwa ofJwagya-budam.