餘窩 睦萬中의 시에 나타난 현실 인식과 대응 양상

Abstract

In this paper, I analyzed the poems of Mok Man-jung(1727-1810) who was a representative poet of the Nam-in(南人) literary world in the 18th century. His poetry world was voluminous and so I especially focused on analyzing his poems in the aspects of sense of reality and literary responses. In his early days, Mok Man-jung had tried to contribute to improving the troubled society by a public official. However, his ambitions was frustrated and he lived in seclusion from the world. During seclusion, he was very indignant with the injustice society and denounced it; on the other hand, he realized his own way of literary response to the society. Mok Man-jung responded to the social situation of his time in following three ways. Firstly, he waited the appropriate time when he could realize his aspirations, as recognizing the relativity of value. Secondly, he was unbending in his opposition to the introductions of Qing and Western thoughts because he believed that the thoughts would have harmful effects on Chosun society. Thirdly, he consoled himself with his dreams. In the dreams, he reminded his precious old memories and sometimes achieves his unfulfilled desires. In conclusion, Mok Man-jung's poetry world has not only an alienated intellectual's interests in his times and challenges against the injustice world but also consolation to his frustration.