申維翰의 자술 문학에 나타난 자기 형상과 명명 방식

Abstract

Shin Yu-han’s autobiography demonstrates how an intellectual with paradoxical identity in the late Joseon period looks back on, consoles and holds together himself. In his autobiographical poems, the image of “wanderer” appears repeatedly, which portrays Shin as someone who cannot settle inside or outside amid expectations and frustration and stands on the road. Shin newly named himself as “Yongmun (龍門)” or “Gyeong Un (景雲),” pulled his unsteady inner mind together, and reaffirmed his orientation towards life and literature. It is worth noting that Shin’s self-naming is based on the life and literature of Sima Qian (司馬遷) and Choe Chi-won (崔致遠). Shin’s autobiography gradually ensures specificity and presence, but its limitation is that it still projects his image to outsiders, which can be described as his difference from the later autobiography of Sim No-sung (沈魯崇) or Kim Ryeo (金鑢). As demonstrated in literature theory, his attitude that he cannot give up the norm while he still has a perspective towards authenticity (眞) and self (我) is observed in the attitude in which he treats his life. Nevertheless, Shin’s self-naming demonstrates his serious concern that his self and literature cannot be explained by the existing social and literary framework. His self-naming invited criticism from those around him, which implies that the self and orientation he perceives conflicts with social perception. Naming himself as “Yongmun (龍門)” or “Gyeong Un (景雲)” reflects Shin’s commitment that he tries to move away from identifying himself as the “other” and establish himself as the agent.