漢詩史 서술의 제문제

Abstract

This paper examines the issues to consider when attempting to write, from a fresh perspective, the history of hansi, or Korean poetry written in Classical Chinese. It analyses existing publications on the subject, including the history of hanmunhak, or Korean literature written in Classical Chinese, and argues that the history of hansi must be rewritten from a fresh perspective. In suggesting the conditions for fulfilling the requirements of a new writing, it concentrates its discussion on the importance of establishing a “big picture” of the historical development of hansi. In doing so the paper criticizes those works that treat the subject from the perspective of a declining history hansi and suggests that more weight be given to the poetry of the Late Joseon period. The paper also calls for future works that capture the zeitgeist and the dominant currents of various historical periods in narrating the history of hansi and emphasizes the importance of having an independent view of history by literary historians who write the history of hansi. In terms of the content of the writing, the paper calls for more historical accounts by period; works that go beyond dealing only with great poets and expanding the scope of the discussion to include a variety of writer groups; and works that go beyond simply discussing poets and their works but highlighting various aspects of literary development and thereby providing a historical context. It argues for works of hansi history that break out of the traditional practice of simply editing existing sources and for works that broaden the scope of historical writings on hansi that are in step with the expectations of the 21st-century readership.