조지훈 시의 예외성과 보편성―월정사 시편을 중심으로―

Abstract

This study is an attempt to reconsider the exceptionality and universality of Cho Ji-hoon’s poems after confirming the classic thought system contained in the poems oof Woljeongsa in 1941, which Cho Ji-hoon himself called ‘The Natural Poetry of Description.’ The subject matter of the poems created during his stay at Woljeongsa is mostly natural objects reflecting the circular world of the East. The speaker controlled the exposure of inner emotions and showed contemplation of the nature of the circular world. Previously, he showed feelings of grief by paying attention to the subject matter of traditional culture during the Japanese colonial rule, where political speech was prohibited. Afterwards, he expressed his poetry, historical consciousness and critical sensibility related to common events in modern Korean history such as the Korean War in 1950, the corruption politics of the Liberal Party, and April 19 in 1960. Cho Ji-hoon recalled the poems of Woljeongsa as his poetic hometown. It seems appropriate to understand the meaning of hometown as an archetype that cannot be returned after leaving once, rather than an archetype that can be found anywhere in his poem. The poem of Woljeongsa was an exception rather than a typical one for him. He wandered through the times like a ‘traveler’, and expressed the sensibility arising from responding to historical events in various forms of poetry. Here is the point where I hope that his later poems, which have been neglected so far, will be reconsidered through this study. this study will suggest a perspective that can grasp his later poetry not as a ‘hobby’ written by scholars and intellectuals, but as a consistently appearing hot ‘variation of emotion’.