조선시대 문학관의 변화와 한국문학의 정체성(2) -氣 위주 문학관을 중심으로-

Abstract

This paper is the second study to reconsider the concept of identity and identity of Korean literature through a point of view on Literature. To this end, we introduced and reviewed it at different times to the discourse of Qi 氣-oriented literature among the diverse aspect of the point of view on literature in the pre-modern East Asia. The discourse of Qi-oriented literature had also a close relationship with Chinese literary discourse, and was newly called, competed with each other, and showed aspects of change amid Joseon writers' individual concerns and requests of the times. From the mid-Goryeo period to the early Joseon Dynasty, the discourse of WenQi 文氣 that values innate Qi and the discourse of LiangQi 養氣 through sightseeing and reading were competed. This competition resulted in the affirmation of the discourse of LiangQi 養氣 in the period of Seo GeoJung 徐居正. Since then, the discourse of WenQi has disappeared from the center of discussion in Joseon, and the discourse of LiangQi that train one's mind through sightseeing and reading has gradually been strengthened by coexistence. Furthermore, the discourse of LiangQi through reading competed and coexisted with the open tendency toward various reading not limited to the Confucian scriptures and the tendency to treat it as heresy and exclude reading of books other than the Confucian scriptures. However, open views such as Choi Hanki 崔漢綺, who sought to combine the achievements of East Asian philosophy of Qi and Western modern university culture, were no longer spread or enlightened by Western and Japanese imperial invasions. As a result, the discourse of Qi-oriented literature was no longer inherited and lost its vitality after modern times, but the constant reading, internal reflection and expanding knowledge through sightseeing and reading that were emphasized in it are still recognized as the most important ways of literary creation and training. Therefore, although the usefulness and validity of the term Qi has become insignificant in modern society, many opinions that have been submitted as a Qi-oriented literary discourse are still valid in literary creation and criticism.