<만전춘별사>의 악장(樂章)적 성격 고찰

Abstract

Although Sok-yo(俗謠：folk songs in Koryo-dynasty) have a superior value of literature especially on lyrics but because they were regarded as lustful songs or songs that represent the love only between man and woman(男女相悅之詞) therefore Ak-jang’s characters of Sok-yo had to be studied secretly. Those songs usually showed instinctive expression focusing on farewell or love. Chosun dynasty’s main class - ‘Noble Men’(士大夫) who were fully armed with new-confucianism classified these songs as per their very strict standard and those which have been classified as ‘just korean spoken words song(without any chinese character to be written)’, ‘buddhism related songs’ and ‘lustful songs’ were secluded or revised to be more elegant by them. Ak-jang(樂章：a kind of literature) mainly consist of songs for praising and praying and they thought that finding Ak-jang’s characters from Sok-yo are not reasonable. But we found that common subject ‘Nim’(님：lover) for lover relationship of lover’s in Sok-yo and ‘Nim’ for relationship between monarch and subject are exchangeable and can be replaced each other. Therefore we concluded that it is possible to find out Ak-jang’s characters from Sok-yo. In the early-Chosun dynasty, many Ak-jang which include self-control and diligence but showed pray and praise outwardly were composed. The work called ‘Manjeonchun-byeolsa’ and ‘Ssanghwajeom’(雙花店) have been regarded as representative lustful works at the contemporary time. Moreover there is also a study saying that ‘Manjeonchun-byeolsa’ is not a consistent emotional flow but a composite song. Some of them regarded a ‘colored duck’(비오리) in the work as Casanova. But the ‘Manjeonchun-byeolsa’ is a song which includes the court ladies’ love for ‘Monarch’(戀君歌謠) and their dream to be loved by Monarch. Therefore ‘So(沼：pond)’ is splendid but it means locked court and ‘Yeohul(여흘：flowing water)’ means outside world. In the conclusion ‘Manjeonchun-byeolsa’ is a court ladies’(宮女) song to crave for the love of monarch and is a song which contains Ak-jang's character in itself.