현대시 내재율 연구- 장르론을 중심으로 -

Abstract

The introduction of concept called internal rhythm or free rhythm which was introduced after modern age have deemphasized the importance of rhythm because rhythm was considered as an idea, not as the present state, even though it is a major feature of lyricism. Internal rhythm also called as free rhythm. As a word ‘free’ in it had been regarded as not to be defined, rhythm in poetry of post modern age changed to a minor factor from critical one. The attitude toward metrics is due to that the biological view of modern outlook on literature which defines every existence must passes through the phases of creation, growth and extinction, also defined poetry. However the evolutionary theory that insists the comparative advantage upon the post modern age genre over former ones are merely a misunderstanding because it is hard to apply classical, modern, present poems to the theory. A literary outcome cannot evolve but is a result from a combination of literary factors in answer to the needs of the age, the readership and the author. Early works of lyricism secures its universality(which is a goal of literature) through universal lyrical self(a narrator). To secure the universality, narrative was put with or into the lyrics. They took forms of stories with metre or attached themselves to the end of the stories. In effect, by the way of securing universality through the universal self and a decrease of persuasive power caused by restrained narration, lyricism possessed itself with narrative or changed itself to one. When it comes to classical poems, lyrical self mutates from universal self into a smaller category such as a certain level or class of society. Metre fully introduced in this era, as the highly developed tune requires musical understandings, hence limited enjoyer class. Metre enabled universality of classical poems which was available only within limited realm. Because of impossibility on writer(and also especially readership) restraint, functions of metre extremely reduced after modern age. So lyricism have to take steps to sustain its universality. First, gaining a response by expanding the category of self. Second, getting poetry over the boundary to become a narrative. Lastly, making a rhythmic factor deliver its messages unlike its original function as a musical requisite. Internal rhythm is a result of efforts to gain persuasive power to insure universality as a course of poetic genre and to sustain the musical contrivance as a special quality of the genre. This study aims to show that the internal rhythm is a present phenomenon, not an idea, and also that modern poem is an outcome of efforts to gain universality and to sustain the character of the genre.