박지원 서(序)의 서두 글쓰기 전략

Abstract

This study is to reveal the meaning of Yeon-Am’s writing for today’s writing of the preface in the introduction, finding some aspects of his writing through finding out the way of writing the preface in his preface writing. It stresses the way of making structures in the preface in the introduction sentences to make a shorten the points, considering the whole structure of the introduction. It divided into three parts in the aspects of making the preface. Firstly, in Yoen-Am’s introduction, he expresses the main point in the preface simply and directly. He stresses his own main philosophy in the first sentence in breaking the common sense and insisting the new thoughts to break the old ones. He makes arguments to reveal and support the main subject of the preface in the following sentences. In this way the arguments may have the concrete, clear topics and the whole sentences have the organic textures. Secondly, from the preface it begins with the sense of questions. In the preface it claims the reflection on the previous phenomenon and common sense, by casting the questions and showing the sense of questions. Thirdly, it begins with the controversy. He has strategy to make a claim or make a controversy on the different issues in the preface. He uses the dialogic style of writing or the allegorical way for it. To cause the questions in a certain subject and to begin with the controversy is the most frequent way of Yeon-Am’s writing. This kind of writing is well known in today’s essays and writings. The essays of Yoen-Am do not intend to give just information and knowledge, but cause the questions and controversy so that the readers may have the reflection and some acknowledge. The way of writing the preface by the classic writers has been continuously used in today’s ‘introduction writing’. The writing of the preface by Yeon-Am can be fully used in today’s writing of introduction, so the strategic approach to the introduction writing is to be requested.