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A Study of Rumor Shown on the Poems of Gang In-han

&nbsp;&nbsp;In spite of the fact that rumor has effective elements in searching for the political and social reaction of poet, there has been almost no poetic approach on rumor. Rumor confirms the fact that the poems are the inevitable by-product of social system and is the basis to confirm the political belief displayed by the poets as the social constituents. This article is to clarify the poetic implication of rumor with respect to the poetry works of Gang In-han.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;First, rumor spread out quickly that it is a low cost and high efficiency in economic rhetoric. Rumor is a by-product of devised economic action in the aspect of anyone may produce and consume. Through the ear, a human experiences his own existential perception while assuming the conspiracies and concealed truth in the world. The rumor collected through ear is appropriately selected and transmits in accordance with the taste of collector. At this moment, the latent instinct of the collector, namely, the fear on truth emerges. The poem of Gang, 「Ear」, is the work that parodied the no－human and selfish behavior of human through the attributes of ears. He criticized the fallacy of human who displays the disgraceful attitude to the violence of the world.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Second, rumor is the social rhetoric. As a pathologic phenomenon in the society, rumor appears as the result of incident. Considering that the poem of Gang In-han, 「Manong in Fire-Memorandum of 1972」, which was in early 1970 of poetic nature, it contains the very radical, political, and socially criticizing subject consciousness. The poet set the Jeong In-sug Scandal, the far-reaching sex scandal of the time, as the back ground to write the ‘memorandum’ of the society, and display the series of large incidents of the time as the major themes. He accommodates the various rumors actively as a way to practice the ethical responsibility as a poet under the violent situation under the military regime. In this aspect, rumor is the symptom of time that secures the social phenomenon.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Third, rumor is the political rhetoric. Like the song of Baekje, 「Seodongyo」, the rumor hides the political intent to generate. The representative incident that displayed the tragic result of rumor in the contemporary history of Korea is the Gwangju Democratic Uprising. In May 1980, the people of Gwangju were isolated from the outside. Gang In-han attempts to reveal the actual truth of the tragic incident of Gwangju with its various rumors by relying on the pansy flower displayed on the flower beds by the streets. The barbaric acts of martial law military and the deceitful practice of the regime that were undertaken in Gwangju of May created the ‘island surrounded of rumor’ in Gwangju until the truth was disclosed later by the witnesses.