의사소통의 맥락에서 본 <호질>의 풍자성

Abstract

As Hojil(虎叱) has multiple layers of meaning structure, various interpretation trials have been made. Nevertheless, it has been thought that five sons of ‘Dongrija’ are stupid. The only ground of such judgment is their conversation saying that it must be a fox seeing ‘Bukgwakseonsaeng’ committing adultery. This article tried to analyze who were they, what they talked, and how they responded to the situation with the suspicion on such conclusion. Accordingly, it was found that the judgment was groundless and actually they used unusual speeches facing extraordinary situations. Five sons compared Bukgwak to a fox in order to induce readers to know his hypocritical behaviors and to become the subjects of the satire themselves. Through this, they played the role of realizing the multiple meanings. The setting to make the subject of the satire the object of such satire is closely related with the uniqueness of the configuration of Hojil The writer, Park Jiwon added the comment that this was written by a Chinese to provide possibility to interpret ‘Tiger(虎)’ as Qing. At the same time, he provided critical opinions against the changes that Qing had made. By doing this, ‘Tiger’, too, became the subject to satire Bukgwak and at the same time it became the object of the satire. The writer disclosed misbehaviors of Bukgwak and induced the attention of readers to them to disclose the limitations of Chosun in diplomatic relations and academic inclinations. Accordingly, Hojil can be evaluated as the work making most of satires hiding the intention of the writer delicately while maximizing the effects of expression.