정몽주와 김삿갓의 고향시 비교 연구

Abstract

This study set out to compare Jeong Mong-ju, who was away from his home often for his envoy missions, and Kim Sat-gat, who spent his entire life wandering around, in hometown-related poems, figuring out the same and different characteristics between them and understanding their meanings. The study specifically identified living away from home, the aspects of a hometown, life in hometown, and hometown-related elements in their respective poems for comparison. Jeong was well treated on his envoy missions, but he said he missed his home due to the long and rough routes. In his mind, the willows he took care of and his children were waiting for him in his hometown. He was also able to lead a leisurely life in his hometown. He usually missed his hometown when seeing elements that were found in his hometown or related to it such as the sun and the moon, clouds, seawater, and wild goose cries, and feeling that he was far away from his home. Kim was a vagabond begging for food and dwelling. He would always be kicked out. Poor ordinary people rather than the rich noble would pour a warm heart on him, who then experienced their difficult situations. He would miss his home, but his home would feel sad and difficult for him. When he, in fact, returned to his hometown, he was merely drowned in sadness out of his remorse for the past years that he spent by himself. Like Jeong, he also missed his home when he was far away from it and often longed for his home in his dreams. For Jeong, his hometown was a place that he wished to live in but could not. Working away from his home was for the country and for his achievements. For Kim, his hometown was a place that he could live in but would not wish to. He could not work for the country because some of his ancestors did something very wrong, which means that being as far away from his hometown as possible was an inevitable choice for him. His hometown was a place that he would wish to return to only in his dreams. Although the two were widely different in the perceptions of hometown and life trajectories, they were the same in that they were recognized for raising values for a new era by being away from their homes.