서정주 「국화 옆에서」의 창작 배경에 대한 고찰 ―관련 산문을 중심으로

Abstract

This study is a study on the related prose of Seo Jeong-ju's representative poem 「Beside the chrysanthemum」. There are four prose left by the poet, but most researchers do not use this data. In the related prose, the poet has clearly revealed the creative process and background, so if you use it in the poem decoding process, you can get a new perspective and a new rich context. This study is meaningful in that it is the first study to interpret this poem by examining the entire related prose. According to the poet's recollection, this poem was created from 3 episodes, and the 1st, 2nd, and 4th episodes were completed based on his case of actually experiencing sleepless nights. The third episode is an image of a woman who has returned in front of a mirror, which has been lingering inside the poet for many years without being expressed, and it is finally made while looking at the chrysanthemum flowers in the yard. It is a quiet woman in her 40s dressed in a white suit. Here, the sound of scops owl and thunder combine to imply the law of life that fulfillment is achieved after trials and hardships. There is also prose that the smell of chrysanthemums reminds us of the origin of the nation. The home sick characteristic emphasizes that the poet's thoughts related to chrysanthemums are the sensory worlds related to the indigenous people’s pure bloodline by using the sensuous vocabulary of “really native” without mentioning the concept of nationalism. Chrysanthemum also serves as a major catalyst to show the world of various experiences and imaginations in childhood. The poet realizes that the essence of the artist lies in ‘hunger (hunger)’ through the humanities walk experience of “Jilmajae-Julpo Sea Lake Road”. In addition, this awareness is linked to the thought of “not separated(不二)” that “nothing is created”, thus providing the basis for the aesthetic thought that “hardships and trials will soon bloom.” This experience and imagination grew, and chrysanthemum flowers bloomed in a first frost, and this experience and imagination ends up wandering on a young day and returns to become a sister standing in front of a mirror. In addition, a female teacher at a regular school and a woman sewing are also the main characters related to chrysanthemum. This study sees that these women also had some influence on the formation of the image of the sister who appeared in 「Beside the chrysanthemum」.