시 읽기의 3단계 방법론 －김수영의 「서책」과 「병풍」 읽기를 예시하여－

Abstract

The main interest in this article is to suggest a three-step methodology for reading poetry. To this end, I used Kim Soo- young’s poems, 「서책」 and 「병풍」 as examples. In order to interpret the various meanings and values ​​of poetry, a description of the natural/realistic meaning is first required. At this stage, it is important to pay attention to the inner coherence while examining the style and structure faithfully to the literary denotation and connotation of the poem, rather than interpreting the things that cannot be determined deductively. The meanings that can’t be analyzed nor interpreted at the first stage level can be passed through to the contextual/correlational analysis step. At this second stage of reading poetry, the poet’s own lexicon and contemporary poet’s Lexicon are considered and the context of literary customs and conventions can be examined. Also, knowledge from contemporary cultural backgrounds, common perceptions and ideas can be taken into consideration for a analytic reading. Thus, poetry can be viewed from various angles and in relational contexts at this second stage of reading. The final stage of reading poetry will be the comprehensive interpretation of the meaning revealed through the analysis that examines the context and description faithful to the direct meanings of poetry. For the eventual synthetic interpretation of poetry, it will be necessary to consider the unique characteristics of image-thinking and to measure the affective effect rather than a direct message. The suggestion of this three-step methodology is not to apply the methodology proposed in this paper to reading poetry mechanically, but to read the value of the poetry by referring to the factors that can be supplemented variously and to remind what is requested first when reading poetry. It is the main key.