연희 관련 문헌 기록에 비추어 본 청산별곡

Abstract

Among the songs in the period of Goryo dynasty, Cheongsan-Byeolgok is one of the most well-known masterpieces, which has ever attracted many researchers and has been most studied in the literature. Nevertheless, much too little has been so far known to us about Cheongsan-Byeolgok. There still remain many words uninterpreted. lack of materials and information, which help reveal the nature of the work, make it difficult to understand the text. It is Cheongsan-Byeolgok that seems to be known to everyone, but is, in fact, unknown to anyone. This paper explores three stanzas of its whole eight stanzas, and reports the findings related to the performance documentary in the period of Goryo dynasty. We mainly consider stanza 7, 5, and 3 with regard to Animal Performance, Stone Performance, and Crane Dance, respectively. We reconfirm that 'a deer' is considered to be a actor disguised as a deer, 'a stone' the material used in Stone Performance, and 'a bird' a actor disguised as a crane in Crane Dance. The perspective of this sort, which is regarded as a novel one, paves the way for interpreting the whole text of Cheongsan-Byeolgok with regard to performance. If this line of research is on the right track, it seems to be inevitable to consider the controversial issues regarding Cheongsan-Byeolgok. To do so, however, some efforts need to be made to expand the related data and introduce the research results in the field of choreography.