素月詩와 朱湘詩에 나타난 ‘죽음’ 모티프에 대한 고찰

Abstract

Recurring frequency and similarity of the Motif can provide a common basis for systematic classification of folk literature, and it is also more convenient for comparative studies of folk literature in the world. ‘Death’ is one of the motifs that many literators like to enjoy, and it also holds a high frequency in modern Chinese and Korean poetry. According to statistics, in the poems of Korean national poet Kim So-wol (1902~1934) and Chinese New Moon poet Zhu Xiang (1904~1933), the poems implicating the content of 'death' each account for 50% and 38% of the poet's total works. I will study in depth the ‘death’ Motif presented in the poet’s poetry and make a comparative analysis in this article. The similar life background and poetics view of the two poets ensure the comparability and value of this study. There are similarities and differences in the Motif of ‘death’ between Kim So-wol’s and Zhu Xiang’s poems. First of all, they both showed no resistance or closeness to ‘death’. The characteristics of ‘death’ in So-wol’s poetry are reflected in ‘fuzzy’ and the characteristics of ‘death’ in Zhu Xiang’s poetry are reflected in ‘quiet’. The ‘death’ in Kim So-wol's poetry shows that life and death are mingled. But the ‘death’ in Zhu Xiang's poetry shows that life and death are severable. Secondly, in the ‘death’ of the two poets’ poetry, they both embodied reincarnated cognizance from death to life. Contrasting from the cyclical rebirth consciousness of So-wol’s poems, Zhu Xiang’s poems show a vertical rebirth consciousness.