‘부재’를 중심으로 살펴 본 고산 시조의미학적 특질

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to discover the aesthetic qualities of GosanYoon Seon Do's 75pieces' Sijo in each time period, with the relation toabsence consciousness from his life. As a politician and scholar, Gosancontributed a lot to the history of Korean literature by showing Hangul's zestand expression with full-bodied tone. His works were written while beingexiled and retreated. Therefore the endless political wandering betweennature and reality is expressed well. At the base of the wandering, there isthe absence factor which has never been noticed till now. What was discussedcan be summarized as follows:In relation to Sijo, his life can be greatly separated by three time periods,(1) exiled time at Kyeongwon area in his 30’s, (2) retreated time at Haenamarea from his 50’s to 66years old and (3) Gosan area after returning topolitical reality when he was 66years old. In the first point, absence factorsare ideal morals(道) and parents, and in point (2), the real political space itselffor ideal Confucian moral due to the war and the final, political comrades whowill support Gosan’s political ideas. These affected to his works each timeand showed different aesthetical features. From the first time period Sijo, 'counter identification against the politics','open-end close form', 'self discourse', 'strong belief to the principles throughSohak(『小學』)' are discovered. During the second time period Sijo,'nature(mountain&sea) as a new poetic utopia', 'identification discourse' arediscovered as features. Mountains and the Sea both imply 'political reality',however songs with mountain background have 'closed space that nestsopening', 'transcendent will with criticism', etc. On the other hand, songs withthe sea background have 'open-end', 'The other discourse', 'positive attitude about politics' than songs with mountain background. From last time periodSijo, 'critical point of view against the political reality', 'back to the nature','identification', 'close-end from opening', 'self discourse', etc. are discovered. In terms of macro point of view, Gosan Sijo has characteristics like'closure-opening-closure', 'self discourse-the other discourse-selfdiscourse', 'counter identification-identification-counter identification'against the political reality. This is very meaningful in that it is based toreveal poetic speakers’ attitude to the political reality and perception onnature, one of the big issues in the history of Korean Classical Literatureduring 16th~17th Century.