鶴臯 金履萬의 문학에 나타난 ‘단곡(檀谷)’의 표상과 의미-‘단곡’ 관련 시와 기문(記文)을 중심으로

Abstract

This study was a part of efforts to trace the life trajectory of Hakgo Kim Yi-man, a figure from the 17th~18th century, and search for its meanings. In an effort to achieve those goals, the investigator focused on his poems and kimun where his viewpoint and psychology of "Dangok" in Jecheon, the field of his life, were reflected. It was found that his thematic consciousness contained such major aspects as self-examination and self-discovery, which were then clearly manifested. In the 17th century, the intellectuals of Joseon felt their limits strongly, suspecting that they could not implement their governing determination actively and fully due to the aftermath of the war, intensification of party strife, and poor political reality. A pattern thus emerged prominently, which involved a distant life from the reality in a local area, leaving the era of crisis and dismal reality behind. Kim Yi-man in the Namin line of Yeongnam was keenly aware of the reality those days, as well, and reflected such a pattern heavily in his literature that represented and reproduced "Dangok" that was his image space. His kimun were his autobiography in their nature to a great degree and reflected his desperate idea of a being alienated from the society resisting it and recovering himself. Specifically, his 「Neungheodaegi」, 「Hakmyeongheonpalgyeong」, 「Yeongmojeongsipjeong」, and 「Sansa」 depicted the geographical status of Dangok that was clean and beautiful as "Byeolyucheonji" and his viewpoint of the place. He concentrated the results of his self-examination in "Nakjol" in 「Nakjoljaegi」 and revealed the truth of the place as a place to realize one's ego in 「Hakgochodanggi」 and 「Hakmyeongheongi」 by constructing and expressing what was essential in his inside externally based on the resulting outcomes. He tried to live like a crane that cried at a deep and remote pond. "Dangok" was a space of self-examination and self-discovery for him to realize that he was different from his surroundings by having himself not recognized and denied in the real world or perceive his being acutely. It was a space of manifestation where he claimed to stand for his own intention that went against or was different from the world.