이조년 시조 작품의 분석과 해석

Abstract

This thesis aims to analyze the problems of the previous interpretations of sijo ‘Dajeong-ga’ (多情歌, Song of Warm Heart without Any Worldly Desire) written by Yi Jo-nyeon (李兆年, 1269-1343) and to suggest alternative interpretations. The previous explanation of Dajeong-ga was based on intuitive interpretations or faulty analysis of the materials which were used to identify unified meanings of the context in the text and the meanings of vocabulary which are composed of lingual text. In addition, there existed a misunderstanding of the previous interpretation. In particular, an interpretation based on the repeated misconceptions have had a major influence on the curriculum of Korean Language Departments which determines the direction of the public acceptance. From the perspective that the unified meanings of lingual text which was written by heung (興, one of the three traditional writing methods in the East; describing the situation which aroused poetic inspiration by foregrounding first, and, in sequence, expressing poetic feelings by figurative or bald statements) can only be achieved when creative contexts are restorable, I made external contexts corresponding to internal contexts. The oxymoron in “dajeong do byeong in yang hayeo jam mot deureo hanora ” (phonetic transcription) can reasonably be explained and creative contexts can be induced in order to reveal the conventional meanings of ‘jagyu’ (子規, lesser cuckoo). As a result, it can now be interpreted that at a night with flowers of pears blowing on the first spring after his retirement, Yi Jo-nyeon wrote Dajeong-ga based on his emotional experience, inspired by cries of a lesser cuckoo which triggered a gloomy foreboding for the safety of the King and the future. In the context, the lingual text can have the unified meanings for sure. Additionally, by utilizing oxymoron, on the one hand the writer of Dajeong-ga showed his inner personality and political position. On the other hand, he expressed amicable and tolerant attitudes toward certain political force which might have encouraged ominous presentiment and gloomy situations about the King’s safety and the future. It can be interpreted as a result of reflection of the writer’s intention to wish not to cause tragic situations which the King Chunghae (忠惠王) might confront. From that point of view, it is possible that Dajeong-ga might have been regarded as a prophetic song. I believe that this thesis will help to understand the writer Yi Jo-nyeon and his Dajeong-ga through the critical alternative analysis and interpretations towards the previous analysis and interpretations.