虛齋 林汝松 文學의 주제와 그 의의

Abstract

This study was designed to examine the ways that Lim Yeo- song, who was a reclusive intellectual, created works based on his life. Trying to answer the question, the study first focused on "Sasanghak," which represented "search for truth in life" and placed importance on the daily aspects of people including Soaesoeungdae and Gigeodongjak. Researchers usually focus their attention on problematic authors in the literary history or figures with major status in the ideological history, and this research direction is very natural. Many classical scholars in Joseon, however, made an inquiry into truth by leading a life oriented toward the country and created works based on their life experiences with importance placed on the family whether it was voluntary or not. In these aspect, the present study decided to focus on Lim that led a creative life by respecting daily aspects, life, and simple and ordinary things even though he was relatively less known. The logic that worked in his literature was represented by the cultivation theory, familism, and view of nature, on which he put the great emphasis as he lived in the country. In the aspect of cultivation theory, he highlighted such concepts as Geogyeong, reputation, and Sindok and made active use of them in his creative process. In the aspect of familism, he devoted his particular affection to his parents vertically and to his little sibling horizontally. In his view of nature, he expressed infinite free and contentment in nature even though he tried to find Confucian ideals such as Inji and Sehanji in mountains and rivers. The significance of Lim's literature can be found first in his self-awareness of "right here and right now." He also accepted more diverse materials, rediscovering little things in life. These seem to be literary effects of Sasanghak.