운초, 관기와 기생첩의 경계에 선 하위주체

Abstract

Before I wrote this thesis, I doubt that gwan-gi could be free herself from the lower class in the society controled by a status system if she became a concubine of gwonmun sega(a family of influence). Therefore I examined Uncho who became a concubine of Kim, I-yang as a gwan-gi. She could be raised to the highest position as a gisaeng, because Kim, I-yang consecutively filled various high- ranking officials from the late 18th century to the first 19th century. I questioned if Uncho and Kim, I-yang spent their lifetime as an appreciative friend(知己之友). When she was a young apprentice gisaeng, Buyong enjoyed the courses to become a gwan-gi and hoped to show her ability. However she had to endure the exhaustion and suffering by yeok(corvée). The deeper she reflected her status as a gwan-gi, the better Buyong recognized the reality of gisaeng. And also she concluded that gwan-gi had to become Si-gi(詩妓)or Ye-gi(藝妓) to support herself independently and maintain her pride. In result, Buyong decided to follow Kim, I-yang and then took active attitude to him by using her poetic genius. At this time, Buyong had been exiled to Guseong(龜城) implicated in a case. This case paved the way for her decision that Buyong spend her lifetime with Kim, I-yang. However after Uncho became Kim, I-yang's concubine, her poems deeply show the unfamiliarity of life in Seoul, an inferiority complex about her poetic genius, the anxiety for the future and a sense of alienation from Kim, I-yang's family. Uncho observed the concubine's standard and suppressed her desire. However she could not become a member of Kim, I-yang's family and was remained the border of patriarchy and the boundary of family. She could not overstep the limit as a subject of the lower class.