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The death imagery and aesthetic characteristics in Kim Sat-got’s ‘Mansi(挽詩)’

HA JUNG SEUNG 1

1한림대학교

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ABSTRACT

Kim Sat-got, a poet in the late Joseon period, is one of the best-known poets in the history of sino-korean poetry. He lived a unique life. Kim’s family were implicated in Hong Gyeong-nae’s rebellion. That is why he gave up entering public life. He leaded a life of a wanderer travelling around the country. In this manuscript, I looked at the category of Mansi(挽詩) in Kim Sat-got’s poets. He observed many deaths wandering about everywhere, always faced his own death as a rootless vagabond. Death is a important factor in his Poetic literature. Mansi(挽詩) included in a collection of his works, 『Kimlip Sijib』 is excellent in literary value. It covers all aspects of death such as death of wife[Takmangsi(悼亡詩)], son[Gokjasi(哭子詩)], friend[(Dobungsi(悼朋詩)], common people and so on. His Mansi is small in quantity, but deals with a wide range of themes about death. Kim Sat-got started a life of a vagabond leaving mundane world, but turned his warm-hearted eyes upon world. His love for grass roots is especially reflected in his poets. There is a distinct difference between his ‘Mansi and scholar-gentry class’. He sang about the love for the poor and powerless people. One of his major achievements in creation of sino-korean poetry is expanding subjects and themes of Mansi.

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