전통의 시적 전유- 서정주의 ‘신라정신’을 중심으로 -

Abstract

Midang Seo Jung-Ju is the most controversial poet in the Korean modern literary history. Nevertheless, he has accomplished a very important poetic completion of many critics regarded Midang with negative thoughts because his pro-Japanese and political works. Especially critics had been criticized bitterly on Midang's works after the liberation rather than before. Exactly they asserted that Midang followed nationalism fascism before korean liberation, and it correlates to his pro-Japanese works that displayed colonialism ideology, hence he contributed to a modern statism and mobilization of people. And the critics also assert that the clear evidence is 'Shilla Jungshin' that is main ideas of later years of poetry by Midang. 'Shilla Jungshin' means 'Youngtong' or 'honkyo', a living man meets a dead man, and this notion indicated a research of the ancient organism-society. And 'Shilla Jungshin' stands for 'Youngwonsung', this words connote infinite circulation of the cosmos. The many critics asserted 'Shilla Jungshin' is a symbol of fascism ideology and yet affected to the pure poetry. And this assertion exposes to fascism ideology or colonialism ideology of Midang and prove to fabrication of his poetry. It is very significant. But it is not attach great importance to origin of his poetry. Therefore, this paper concludes that 'Shilla Jungshin' from a point view that should distinguish fascism ideology to a political idea of pure poetry. Moreover 'Shilla' is recalled as the cause of national spirit each time after colonial period. Thus it should be considered as the meaning of 'Shilla' in 'Shilla Jungshin'. Through the study of this paper a partial meaning of tradition creation, the question of whether the Korean modern poetry had existed through korean liberation, may have been cleared.