朝鮮前期 「醉鄕記」·「睡鄕記」의 創作 樣相과 그 意味

Abstract

I noticed several allegoric writings in the first half of Chosun Dynasty, which are Chung Soo-kang's 「Chuihyang-ki(醉鄕記)」, Nam Hyo-on's 「Suhyang-ki(睡鄕記)」 and Sung Woon's 「Chuihyang-ki(醉鄕記)」. I especially focused on the theme and the description. These works succeed to Wang Ji's 「Chuihyang-ki(醉鄕記)」 of Tang and Su Shi's 「Suhyang-ki(睡鄕記)」 of Song. On the other hands, above three writers of Chosun tried to get rid of comicality in their works, and converted them into expressions of misfortune. Chung Soo-kang adopted the style of fictional biography from Lee Kyu-bo and Lim Chun who lived in Koryo Dynasty. Nam Hyo-on wrote in the style of adventurous records in one's dream. Sung Woon exposed his sorrowful indignation by using dream structure in his writing. After all, 「Chuihyang-ki(醉鄕記)」 and 「Suhyang-ki(睡鄕記)」 were an expression of melancholy and dissatisfaction what the then intellectual had. Above writers expressed their innermost feelings by using allegoric writings. The themes and descriptions of their works are far away from the main stream of those days which were called Confucian. From this, we might figure out the actual circumstances of some writers who were neglected from contemporary political world.