17세기 동아시아 자전문학의 특징적 국면(Ⅱ) − 서술적 특징을 중심으로 −

Abstract

This paper looks at the narrative style of 17th-century East Asian autobiography, noting the changes in existing autobiographical styles and the emergence of new ones. As for the changes in the existing autobiography style, we consider new writing methods that deviate from the traditional orthodoxy, focusing on Autobiography(自傳), Own's epitaph(自撰墓誌銘), and Self-preface(自序). As a result, the autobiography showed the same new narrative style in the three countries, such as the combination of fixed and time-changing descriptions and the multi-faceted descriptive techniques that shape characters through questions and answers from multiple people. In the case of Own's epitaph, new writing was attempted to reveal the character's personality in short sentences in China and Japan, and a Self-preface to maximize the author's personality appeared in China. Next, this paper looks at the first autobiographical form of appearance in each country during this period. In Korea, Autobiographical self-preface, Auto chronology(自撰年譜), and Pilgijaprok(筆記雜錄)-style autobiographies first appeared in the 17th century, and in Japan, many Essay-style autobiographies using Japanese and Chinese characters were created in addition to classical autobiographies such as Autobiography and Own's epitaph. In China, a new type of work using Su-seo(壽序) style autobiography and second-person narrative techniques first appeared, and Autobiographical novels in the form of memoirs were created. As such, the 17th-century East Asian Autobiographical Literature was further developed in quantity and quality amid the common phenomenon of changes in traditional autobiography styles and the emergence of new autobiography styles. This growth and change in East Asian autobiography is the result of a combination of chaotic times, changes in literary trends, and proof of self-presence values. The characteristic narrative of the 17th-century East Asian Autobiographical Literature is particularly meaningful in that it was the background for the change and development of East Asian Autobiographical Literature in the 18th and 19th centuries.