이세보의 유배일기 『신도일록』에 수록된 시조의 연작성과 자기 위안(慰安)

Abstract

This study examined the characteristics and meaning of Sijo in 『Sindoillok』, the diary of exile written by Yi Se Bo from the 19th Century. Yi Se Bo was impeached by the government officials led by the Gim Family of Andong and was exiled to Sinjido Island in Jeollanamdo for 3 years from 1860 when he was 29. He wrote 『Sindoillok』 there and included 92 pieces of Sijo at the end of it. Yi Se Bo's work takes a majority of Sijo about the exile from the Joseon Dynasty and more Sijo about the exile was added to another publication after his exile, manifesting that Sijo in 『Sindoillok』 has historical value. As a result of reviewing the pieces, the 92 pieces of Sijo in 『Sindoillok』 represents the emotional agony Yi felt during his exile and his ‘wish for the release’ is the center of all emotions. For that reason, there is a series of work on a certain topic or theme. Also, the representation of psychological and physical pain in Yi's Sijo and the efforts to overcome it with the notions of ‘loyalty’ and ‘good and evil’ would ultimately be related to ‘self-consolation.’ Although he projected the determination and faith to return to an official self through the Confucian ethics such as loyalty or integrity, the despair and existential agony that it may not be attainable are represented as a disease or poverty. Also, the notion of 'good and evil' served as a mechanism of mental remedy or consolation. He constantly created his diary and Sijo to appeal his pain and innocence and keep his hope and expectations for the release while consoling his painful days during the exile. The literary representation and characteristics to respond to the existential agony of ‘exile’ and the human emotion of solitude could be highlighted as a way of self-consolation and psychological remedy.