조선조 詩壇의 唐ㆍ宋詩風 변전의 의미

Meaning of the Changes of Tang's and Song's Poetic Styles in the World of Poetry of the Joseon Dynasty

There were constant changes of Tang's and Song's poetic styles in the history of Korean Han poetry. Studies on the two poetic styles have made a conclusion that both of them suggested 'renovation'. This study is to examine the characteristics of Tang's poetic style during the reign of King Seonjo and of Song's poetic style of the late Joseon Dynasty to figure out what 'renovation' means. The poetic style before the reign of King Seonjo limited poets' private feelings to the poetic form and technique and Seongrihak(性理學)'s ideology, while romantic lyricism of Tang's poetic style during the time of King Seonjo allowed poets' private feelings to be freely expressed. Also, the scholars of Song's poetic style of the late Joseon Dynasty criticized that Tang's poetic style was unreal and cliche in that it expressed poets' romantic feelings only in the world of the court and the Taoist hermit. They put emphasis on realistic poetic writing on the basis of the reality of every day. With each different direction, romantic lyricism of Tang's poetic style led into the recovery of humanity and Song's individual reality led into 'identifying self'. The recovery of humanity and identifying self were the characteristics of modern literature, which were associated with romanticism and realism of the western literary trend. Eventually, in view of the long history of Han poetry, the changes of Tang's and Song's poetry during the Joseon Dynasty show that Han poetry, a medieval general literature, was advancing to the modern literature.