여말선초 서사시 체재 계승 : ≪月印釋譜≫

Abstract

≪Wolinseokbo≫ is the combined edition of ≪Seokbosangjeol≫ by Sejo when he was Suyangdaegun before enthronement and ≪WolinCheongangjigok≫ by King Sejong. It was published at the 5th year of King Sejo’s sovereign. Although ≪Seokbosangjeol≫ and ≪WolinCheongangjigok≫ were good in its field such as prose and verse, the balanced combination of the two works could make ≪Wolinseokbo≫ that both classes (the nobility and the common public) could enjoy. Although ≪Wolinseokbo≫ was published to remember personal feelings and educational projects of the governor and to review the practical meaning and the value of Hangeul on the surface, it meant to express the loyalty of Sejo to his father King Sejong to fulfill the project that he had not finished and his self-reliance to make Buddhist Bible of Chosun, his worship for Buddha, and the intention to succeed and complete Epic poems style of late Koryeo and early Chosun. Especially the fact that it succeeded the epic poems style of late Koryeo and early Chosun has meaning in that it succeeded the tradition of Royal epic that goes to ≪Dongmyeongwangpyeon≫ and ≪Jewangunki≫, ≪Yongbieuchunka≫ and Buddhist epic that goes to ≪Seokkayeoraehaengjeoksong≫. They create a system in the works with Korean epic characteristics by creating ≪Seokbosangjeol≫ as a prose and ≪WolinCheongangjigok≫ as a poem, combining them to complete ≪Wolinseokbo≫. Epics in late Koryeo and early Chosun develop the story about the subject through the balance between the prose and verse, awaken the pride of the group and go for the recovery of unity. However it was not clear how to combine the prose and verse. ≪Wolinseokbo≫ was created after ≪Seokbosangjeol≫ and ≪WolinCheongangjigok≫ were published respectively by combining them into one, amending and revising it. ≪Wolinseokbo≫ is meaningful in that it shows the process of the system completion, which is the second meaning of this work. The combination of prose and verse became split again later and epic became the epic like poetry and prose became Buddhist Novel in Korean. We can find the third meaning in that ≪Wolinseokbo≫ has played a certain role in the development of literature history.