기녀 수작(酬酌)시조의 변모와 그 의미

Abstract

This is the study on the periodical changing aspect of Ginyeo Sujak(exchanging) Sijo and its meaning. Ginyeo Sujak Sijo collectively covers ① exchanging Sijo between a Ginyeo and a certain male, ② Sijo composed by a Ginyeo who misses a certain male, ③ Sijo compoesd by a male who misses a certain Ginyeo or more than one Ginyeo and keeps her(or them) in his mind. Ginyeo Sujak Sijo from Early Joseon Dynasty come mostly under the third category, and it is hard to find exclusive one-to-one relationship between one male and one Ginyeo because a writer(male) interacted with many Ginyeo rather than interacted with one Ginyeo and had emotional connection with her, or one writer composed many Ginyeo Sujak Sijo, even though there is still a case that a writer composed a Sijo on one Ginyeo. Above all, this change of Ginyeo Sujak Sijo in the late Joseon Dynasty results from the development of commercial nightlife and drinking culture. As nightlife and drinking culture developed, there were many magnanimous and effusive drinking banquets of refined tastes consist of a number of persons. In this setting, Ginyeo is consumed as a being who spiced up the refined tastes of drinking banquets rather than the object of one-to-one connection. This atmosphere made people recognize Ginyeo as a general Gisaeng who is seen as a mere supplement spicing up the drinking party or as an object of common passion, not as the love meant to be or as someone who aroused personal and tender affection. The changing aspect of Ginyeo Sujak Sijo in the late Joseon Dynasty reflected this improvised situation at recrea- tional drinking banquets.