고전 산문의 쓰기 문화와 소품문 쓰기의 현대적 의미

Abstract

This study is to concern about the dedicating aspects of the classical prose for modern writing. Especially any connection between classical short essays and modern writing is investigated so that the concern of short essays writing may be newly acknowledged and increased. First the aspects of writing way into the daily life culture in the Middle Ages is to be considered, then the characteristics of classical prose writing is to be shown. On this basic study of classical prose, the way of using classical short essays in modern writing is proposed. The aesthetic and sensitivity of short essays, its seeking spirits and direction, its attitude of writing and approach are deeply connected with modern writing. The most virtue of classical short essays writing is writing sincere feelings coming from writer’s own hearts, not borrowing the external authority as the ancient texts. The routines of short essays is not limited only for pleasure and joke, but to represent the deep thinking about life, enlarging up to the new recognition and discovery. Therefore, there are three key characteristics of short essays applied to modern writing. The writers of short essays could obtain the recognition from the daily routines and reach out to the new consideration of relationship and existence. In particular, in short essays about natural things there are plenty of deep consideration about life, co-existence, variety, which mostly is meaningful in considering today’s climate crisis. On this base is shown the way of applying classical short essays about nature to modern writing. As the author of this study has been studying the ecological writing, the usefulness and dedication of short essays about nature for modern education of writing is appealed and pointed out. The writing talking about relationship and existence, with the classical short essays writers’ communicating with nature and things related with human, arts and reality, is so useful and helpful for education of today’s writing full of destruction and discrimination.