『林將軍傳』 소재 <摠兵歌> 연구

Abstract

This study aims to find out the author and the written period of <Chongbyungga> in 『ImJangGunJeon』 and understand the oeuvres to seek the status of this piece of work in the flow of history of 19th century Gasa literature. <Chogbyungga> is one of the Gasa piece which describes the life of Im Gyung­ Up(1592~1646) in 『ImJangGunJoen』 which contains numerous records of Im Gyung­Up from the late 17th century to early 19th century. It is considered to be created as a response to classic poetry about “discussion of Im Gyung­Up” as part of reevaluation of Im Gyung­Up after the 17th century. The author of <Chogbyungga> is Jeong Wu­Ryang(1692~1754) who wrote funeral oration dedicated to the shrine of Im Gyung­Up in 1727. He represented the king'stance with solemn and courtesy expression in funeral oration written in Chinese letter, while in Korean version, he implemented the personal resentment and feelings about the life and death of Im Gyung­Up in detail. While descriptively developing the life of Im Gyung­Up, at the part where describes the hardship that Im Gyung­Up suffered, the voice of Im Gyung­Up and poetic narrator is mixed together, and the individual voice of poetic narrator rises at the part where Im Gyung­Up dies. When Jeong Wu­Ryang was writing a piece about Im Gyung­Up, he mainly referred to the record of Im Gyung­Up's life. The record of Im Gyung­Up was quiet popular of the day, which became the basis of <Chongbyungga>. Meanwhile, it seems like the reaction of readers were interfered in the process of documenting <Chongbyungga> in 19th century which was originally written in 18th century. The speculation is backed up by stories seen in oral folktales or classical novels not found in the record but reflected in <Chongbyungga>. This can be explained as the combination of author’s resent toward tragic life of Im Gyung­Up being the basis of the writing and the popular awareness such as resentment toward unfulfilled desire of hero, psychology to strain from the sense of defeat with fictional novel. When considering the Gasa in late Chosun dynasty was mostly dominated by the voice of people who live in ordinary space, it can be explained that the <Chongbyungga> which described the life of the third person, Im Gyung­Up has transformed aspect. Also, considering the fact that many materials in 『ImJangGunJeon』 were edited with an intention to enhance the accomplishments and family of Im Gyung­Up, <Chongbyungga> can be also pointed out that it was a material utilized to highlight the nobility and filial piety of the Im family.