시조에서 추구하는 한가로움의 양상과 교육적 의미

Abstract

This study aims to clarify the concept and meaning of leisure pursued in sijo and to discuss the educational significance of such leisure for modern learners. To achieve this purpose, this study examined the conditions and thematic roles of leisure by analyzing sijo that include the poetic dictions ‘閑․閒’, and ‘leisure’. Sijo that talk about leisure are based on the setting of rivers and lakes and describe the narrator enjoying geomungo, reading books, and fishing in solitude. The thematic roles of leisure include refusing wealth and fame, not giving oneself up to pleasures and entertainment, and being content with one’s own life. The reason for modern learners’ difficulty in empathizing with the leisure depicted in sijo is related to the modern concept of leisure. For modern people, leisure means resting from labor or having opportunities for consumption. These notions are grounded in achievement‐centered values. For modern learners, learning about the type of leisure pursued in sijo has educational significance in that it introduces the idea of leisure that provides an opportunity for introspection on life and guides learners to think about the meaning and importance of contentment in life.