강호가사의 어부 형상에 대한 문학교육적 접근 - 박인로의 강호가사를 중심으로-

Abstract

This paper aimed to explore the significance for literary education of Gangho-Gasa by focusing on the distinctiveness of the imagery of fishermen in it. This imagery has not received particular attention in previous studies on fishermen centered on Sijo(a three-verse traditional Korean poem) in quantity and importance, nor has there been any clear emphasis on its difference from poems written on fishermen. Fishermen in Gangho-Gasa are merely auxiliary elements rather than dominant figures, but they are important in clarifying the characteristics of Gangho-Gasa and its contemporary significance. The imagery of fishermen in Gangho poetry is depicted in three ways: fishing, the act of actually catching fish; contemplating, the act of observing fish; and boating, setting a boat afloat seemingly without purpose. Compared to the general Gangho-Gasa of Sadaebu, the imagery of fishermen in Park In-ro’s Gangho-Gasa particularly stands out. It is distinctive in that it has a disparate combination of the aforementioned three ways, and this complexity is displayed through the integration of ideological symbols of the Sadaebu’s pleasure and entertainment. This shows the diversity of the imagery of fishermen in Gangho-Gasa and enables appreciators to approach the pleasure that can be obtained from the fishermen imagery in Gangho-Gasa from more diverse aspect. This paper focuses on the communicative value of the fishermen imagery in Gangho-Gasa, in that it mediates the learner’s contemporary empirical universe and the pleasures of classical poetry and song. As a past–present mediator, the image of fishermen has significance for literary education, as it reconciles pleasure that has literary value and that has contemporary significance.