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A Study of the Speaker’s Consciousness at Chinese Poetry in the True Record Literature by POW during Jeong-yu-jae-ran

  • The Research of the Korean Classic
  • 2019, (45), pp.133-180
  • DOI : 10.20516/classic.2019.45.133
  • Publisher : The Research Of The Korean Classic
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature > Korean Literature > Korean classic prose
  • Received : April 15, 2019
  • Accepted : May 20, 2019
  • Published : May 31, 2019

Cho, Yong-ho 1

1목포대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper examines the speaker’s consciousness projected at Chinese poetry, which was included in the true record literature written by Korean prisoners during Jeong-yu-jae-ran. For this purpose, I divided into three periods according to the change of time and space, and I observed the change of the speaker’s consciousness in the poems written in each period. The object of examining was confined to the poems included in the literature of diary type, because it was thought that the memory of the speaker was refracted the least in the poems included in the true record. The poems, which were written from the time before and after becoming captive until the arrival at the Japanese settlement, were only recorded by some people. Among them, the poems of Gang-hang minimized the private sentiments and anguish and distinctly expressed a moderation that endured the situation in a disinterested attitude. The poems that were written by Jeong-Hee-deuk and Jeong-Ho-in during the eruption were filled with anxiety about the future, resentment, and regret about nature that did not help them. Among the poems that were composed in Japan, No-In’s poetry represented the consciousness that he wanted to be loyal to the king and take revenge on Japan after returning home. When Gang-Hang was detained in Japan, he always brought his loyalty to the fore of the poems. Nonetheless, he anticipated that his past would invoke dispute in the future, so he revealed thought that he would live in seclusion after returning home. Jeong-Gyeong-deuk’s family regarded only the return as the supreme task. Their poetry showed solely yearning for parents and home. Among the poems that were written during the process of returning home, No-In’s poetry had a profound reflection of worries and anxieties about his parents and brothers. Gang-Hang clearly expressed infinite deep gratitude for loyal favor he received during the captivity and revealed the loyalty and fidelity to the king. Jeong-Gyeong-Deuk and his group were deprived of means of transit for six months in Daema-do(Tsushima in Japan) during the return journey. As a result, the poetry was deeply immersed in irritability and despair. In particular, they personified the consciousness of the displaced by the bird crying at night. Through the results of this study, I could understand the life and consciousness of the captive from more diverse angles. This study has a clear significance in that it has a different perspective and value that it has examined the consciousness of prisoners not only by a prose, such as a letter, or conversation but also by poetry in the literature of diary type.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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