고려 말조선 초의 시가 형식 변화와 장르 변천

Abstract

This study tries to investigate systematically some important aspects of the change of the poetic form and the genre transition during the transition period from the late Goryeo period to the early Joseon period. The findings of the study are as follows: The formal variety and the fluidity of the poetry in the beginning and middle of the 15th century are shown to be transitional phenomena in efforts to get rid of the poetic style of the late Goryeo period and to establish the poetic form of the Joseon period. The prevalence of the stable tetrameter established since the end of the 15th century reflects the cultural characteristics of the gentries in the early Joseon period with the Confucian ideology and taste. The ebbing of the stanzaic form in the poetry of the 16th century may reflect the fact that sijo and gasa(kasa) got away from the tight relation between poetry and music of the previous period. Among some important genre transitions during this transition period is the formation of sijo and gasa. In the case of sijo, the pre-sijo type of the 14th century continued onto the 15th century and its style was established in the form of the three-line poetry in tetrameter, as tetrameter had been settled in the late 15th century. Likewise, in the case of gasa, its style was established as a continuum in tetrameter, as the pre-gasa type of the 14th century had settled into tetrameter around the end of the 15th century.