중 등장 사설시조에 대한 새로운 해석

Abstract

This paper presents a new attempt at the interpretation of Saseolsijos with a Buddhist monk in them. Previous studies assumed with no doubt that the characters in these Saseolsijos would be Buddhist monks and accordingly interpreted their sexual desire as an act of violating the Buddhist commandments. The present study, however, found that most of characters in that type of works were Geosa or Sadang that were members of a troop of traveling actors. It was thus understood that the characters' acts in the works expressed the aspects of sexual love within a troop of traveling actors in a relatively frank fashion. This type of Sijos includes many works written in the conversational style or in the viewpoint of an observer. This phenomenon was because these works embodied the play of a troop of traveling actors. There is no direct evidence that these works express the play of a troop of traveling actors, but it is highly likely that the Saseolsijos with a Buddhist monk in them written in the conversational style translated its play scenes into Sijos, considering that there were works that embodied the play of traveling entertainers closely related to a troop of traveling actors.