기재 신광한의 작가의식에 대한 일고찰 — 驪興 地域이 가지는 意味를 中心으로 —

Abstract

Gijae Shin Gwanghan (企齋 申光漢1484--1555) is one of the most representative writers during the reign of King Joongjong in the sixteenth century. Under the literary influence of Shin Sookju(申叔舟), his grandfather, he had a deep understanding of classics and became a participatory intellectual with radical ideas through exchanges with Sarim(士林) including Jo Gwangjo(趙光祖). However, he was impeached and demoted to the Sheriff of Samcheok with the breakout of the Third Literati Purge of 1519 (Gimyo Sahwa(己卯士禍)) and was dismissed from office in the following year. Losing his political base, Shin Gwanghan kept a low profile in Yeoheung(驪興) for 15 years. This study associates Shin Gwanghan’s literacy works with the areas he resided in. The geographical locations and natural environment are always reflected in a writer’s literary world to some extent; especially to Shin Gwangahan, Yeoheung in Gyeonggi-do and Samcheok in Kangwon-do are more than significant. These two places are similar in that the writer resided in frustration and he made a progress in his literature. This study focuses on the effect of Yeoheung in Gyeonggi-do on Shin Gwanghan and his works. Fist of all, the study examines the reasons he came to live in Yeoheung in Gyeonggi-do from the point of view of his attempt to return to the political world and form a local power group, and then it addresses his poems written while he was based in Yeoheung. It is difficult to say that this study that analyzes only Gijae Shin Gwanghan’s case encompasses the wholr group of literary scholars who were made to reside in Gyeonggi-do area in the sixteenth century. Nevertheless, a geographical approach to Sarim literature during this period sheds a light not only on Shin Gwanghan’s inner world but also on his contemporaries’ despite the lack of materials in order to understand the inner world of the group of literary scholars who shared the same pain, lived in the same area and at the same time.