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A study of the cause and transition of prose’ development in 17th century

  • Journal of Korean Classical Chinese Literature
  • Abbr : 한문고전연구
  • 2009, 18(1), pp.59-79
  • DOI : 10.18213/jkccl.2009.18.1.003
  • Publisher : The Classical Chinese Literature Association of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Yeong-Gil Ahn 1

1성결대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to investigate the cause and transition of prose’ development in the 17th century. The first cause was the change of environment. From the end of 15th century to the middle of 18th century was the iced age. Expecially Chosun dynasty from 16th century to 17th century had a many disaster such as drought, cold-weather damage. On the whole the temperature was droped about 1. Because of this point the practice books was punished. The second cause was a frequent wars. The period(1592-1637) occurred fourth wars. The tragedy of war made men to write documentary letters. The peoples began to write documentary letters as their experiences. Considering the facts the prose was showed up more than the poems. The increase of prose in the 17th century has two means. the one in the negative view the prose is low level, the other in the positive view is diversity. To improve low level of the prose a man of letters indicated a standard sentence. A standard sentence was based on Han dynasty and Dang dynasty or Song dynasty in the ancient china. At that time many man of letters regarded a great book tried to write something. Also the multifarious prose contain a variety of express. On the while the transition of prose had three characters. The first it was to write a long work. In the past a short story was changed a long work. The home problems or social problems was showed up more than private’ matter. The second it was to write a standard letter. For the sake the point most literary men made reference to the trend of literary thoughts in the end of Myeong dynasty and the early Cheong dynasty. The third it was to write practical letters such as agriculture books, an epitaph.

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