서계 박세당의 挽詩 연구 — 悼朋詩를 중심으로 —

Abstract

This research tries to highlight the value and significance of Seogye's the memorial poetry(poems which commemorate the memory of the dead) who lived in unfortunate life due to the political disputes caused from his thoughtful uniqueness. The memorial poems are not the minor part out of Seogye's total poems but, his memorial poems have not been researched independently until now. This research limites its own range in the memorial poems for his late friends and colleagues, excluding the ones for the family and relatives. Seogye's memorial poems have 3 large characteristics. At first, his poems put the strong interest on the miserable scholars(the man who died as a miserable scholar and patriot). Seogye's this perception on the miserable scholars seems to be closely related to his self-perception. Second, his poems described very realistically the late lamented's activities. This means that he did not only give the conventional praise from Confucianism to the late lamented but also highlighted the late lamented's character and characteristics. The third, his poems described the sadness of the alive. His poems sometimes had the role of consoling himself. Seogye showed the attitude beyond the life and death since he recognized the life is the same as the death. His memorial poems are regarded as the meaningful literature that memorized the lated lamented's realistic features and consoled lonely himself, transcending the customary stereotype.