沈翼雲의 「說文」과 산문세계

Abstract

This thesis focuses on Seol-mun(說文) and literary value of his prose by writer Shim Ik-woon(沈翼雲) from the late period of Chosun dynasty. Shim Ik-woon was born in decent family, and he was recognized as a man with talent at that time. He was bright young man, but he was criticized as he broke the ethics because he excessively reacted to attack from opposite group. Also, his older brother suggested an appeal of disagreement about substitute government for the eldest son of king, and he was involved in that situation. He was totally destructed by these situations. His 87 proses were written in approximately early 40s when it was before the exile, these proses showed his literary position. Seol-mun from these prose was the representative work that showed interest and level of prose by Shim Ik-woon. Seol-mun was prose theory that explained principle and method of writing with the structure of Che-yong-ron. If he was estimated by this prose theory, he seemed to be researcher of classic literature who inherited classic literature of Tang and Sung dynasty. However, the world of his work showed different aspect from previous prediction. I-no-in-sul(李老人述), which contained short memory with Lee Duk-nam(李德楠), explained his rage and wound by his world. Like this, his method of imagery about his consciousness from the inside had different trend from general classic literature that focused on social problem. Also, Jab-sul(雜說) that criticized irregularity of human world with rewriting of traditional fairy tale, Bun-seo-sul(鼢鼠說) that was reflection of himself known as Ya-seo-hon(野鼠婚), and Dae-so-sul(大小說) that contained story of snake that criticized ignorance of human were the special trends of Shim Ik-woon with periphrastic method. He maintained the tradition of prose of Song dynasty that was simple and natural. Also, he freely used the text that was considered in the prose of Qin and Han dynasties. With these methods, he created his specific writing style.