본문 바로가기
  • Home
Basic Search

Study on custom of Pyungyang Gisaengs who associated with the power elite - Focused on 『Noak-pah-job-gi』-

조상준 1

1경기대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This study focuses on the purpose that a cultural history of Gisaeng in 19 century pursues, mainly via the prose expressed in Noak-pah-job-gi. Noak-pah-job-gi is written by Han Jae Rock, a disappointed writer who comes of a decent family in Gaesung. He writes this cultural literary work on Pyungyang Gisaeng by himself running around the very front fields. Noak-pah-job-gi has an interesting feature which is the author’s cognitive territory defining Gisaengs isolated from their existing social structure as ‘femme fatale’. This is a new change in recognition of the author who regards very positively Gisaengs using empty speech as all-round entertainers using full speech. Noak-pah-job-gi is the only literary sketch showing the culture of Gibang(Gisaeng’s room) and the world of customary Gisaengs in those days. It is also something that even Lee Nueng Hwa who systematized the history of Gisaeng couldn’t find. The author spotlights true humanity by feeling sympathy and something humane. Its brilliant lyrical description of the vivid routines of Gisaengs in a red-light district is the first case found ever. Han Jae Rock strips the shiny appearance from the Gibang culture via  Noak-pah-job-gi, paying attention to a habitus which lyric individuals are mutually linking to each other. He, furthermore, has no fear to capture the beauty of sorrow and heartburning hidden inside Gibang as a bright sight. This looks like a grandness of the author opening up another field forming more mature sympathy. Therefore,  Noak-pah-job-gi can, on one hand, be pointed out that it has a limit of a male writer’s realistic narrow view. But, on the other hand, it can be the driver inducing a great literary work by a spatial creation of the reality. This record located between a Gisaeng’s customary history in modern times and that in Chosun dynasty, is very important in terms of that it contains a meaning of medium messenger or a literary work through modern Gisaeng culture and that of post-Chosun. In addition, This work is well expected to lead us to an important insight on a study of 19C lyric literature throughout Chinese literature, history, and Korean literature.

Statistics

  • 449 Viewed
  • 178 Downloaded

Tools

Issue List

Citation status

* References for papers published after 2023 are currently being built.

Basic Search Advanced Search