장가(長歌) 가집 『동국가사(東國歌辭)』와 초기 가집사(歌集史)의 전개

Abstract

This study was based on a plan to examine the presence of collections of long songs in the publication history of collections of long songs during the second half of Joseon and promote a change of viewpoint in the understanding of their history. Criticisms about the songs of Korea in Lee Su-gwang’s Jibongyuseol and Hong Man-jong’s Sunoji usually mention only long songs. Personal documents of songs such as Songganggasa and Nogyegajip also have long songs introduced in the front. These show that the nobility placed a priority on long songs over short ones when making a judgment of songs in Korean during the Joseon era. This perception is also found in the publication history of actual collections of songs. Donggukgasa(housed at Yonsei University) published in the late 17th century is a collection of only ten long songs. Hong Man-jong published Cheongguyeongeon, a collection of long songs, and Iwonsinbo, a collection of short songs, in order, displaying his priority on collections of long songs. It seems that the publication of Cheongguyeongeon by Kim Cheon-taek was a provocation to change this flow of prioritizing collections of long songs. Kim from the middle class of Seoul published Cheongguyeongeon to highlight short songs loved by the middle class broadly as the center of Korean songs instead of long songs enjoyed within the noble society. It was followed by the consistent publication of collections of short songs, which eventually became the center of Korean songs as Kim intended. Gogeumgagok published in the middle 18th century shows the nature to represent the perceptions of some conservative figures who refused to agree with this flow in an age when the song culture was reorganized around short songs. They tried to establish the category of traditional songs and the order of songs by bringing in Chinese poems and Sabus that were not Korean songs beyond simply putting only short songs in the front and arranging the songs in the order of “Akbu + long songs + short songs.”