여성의 글쓰기를 둘러싼 검열과 비판 -조선전기 詩話의 사대부가문 여성한시 비평을 중심으로-

Abstract

This study aimed to look into how the ruling class of the Joseon Dynasty defined and censored the writings of women. For this aim, this study analyzed the women's writing issue and the censorship by the ruling class issue targeting the talks on poetry ranging from the 15th century to the 17th century by focusing on the point that Neo-Confucianism of the Joseon Dynasty was stiffened and the character of the patriarchal system changed from the mid-17th century. The grounds of the gentry of the Joseon Dynasty regulating and censoring the Chinese poetry and writings by women lies in the female norms established by the ruling class. The gentry carried out self-censorship based on the standards established by the ruling class and they censored women. In this regard, this study examined the grounds which the ruling class limited and regulated the academic activities and the writing activities of women. Second, this study looked into how this norm was implemented at the site of the writings by the women and the criticism by the men - the aspects of regulation and censorship by the men. One thing to note is that there have been violations and skepticism regarding female norms from the early Joseon Dynasty. Third, by focusing on the point that the censorships carried on for approximately five centuries in spite of all sorts of breaks regarding norms, the reason why the men of the Joseon Dynasty regulated and censored the literary activities and the academic activities by women was studied. The men of the ruling class regulated and censored. Lastly, this study paid attention to the point that new standards of censorship and regulation were ceaselessly reorganized in the background of broken and relaxed norms established by the ruling class and identified the men's target of criticism, standard of criticism, and direction of criticism when referring to the fact that the censorship by the ruling class took place through expressing or revealing the contents.