옥수 조면호의 기몽류 글쓰기와 자아의 탐색

Abstract

This study aims to examine Gimong(記夢) works of 19th Century’s outstanding poet Oksu Jo Myeon-ho and to identify the outline and the characteristics of those works. Oksu had consistently recorded his dreams since the age of 24 until the day he passed away. Oksujip(玉垂集) contains 140 pieces of Gimong style poem and prose. He had consuming his own dreams during his whole life, which is an uncommon case in the History of Korean Literature. What’s more notable is that the contents and undertones of the pieces interestingly correspond with each state of his life. By identifying the aspect has led to the actualization of this study’s another aim. The key point is the writing of one’s dreams has its meaning as the route and the path of exploring one’s ego. Stated as ‘ego’ here is a concept where both consciously and unconsciously exposed self are combined within. I have named each as ‘myself revealed’ and ‘himself disclosed’ to analyze its nature. The study has come to a conclusion of identifying the status created by Oksu’s Gimong style writings in the History of Korean Literature. And it could also determine the possibility of one’s self-writings as a form of literature.