@article{ART003386038},
author={Jihye Kim},
title={The Dramatic Conventionalization of Late Goryeo–Early Joseon Narratives - Strategies of Representation in Historical Dramas through Hayeoga and Dansimga},
journal={The Journal of Korean drama and theatre},
issn={1225-7729},
year={2026},
number={89},
pages={263-298},
doi={10.17938/tjkdat.2026..89.263}
TY - JOUR
AU - Jihye Kim
TI - The Dramatic Conventionalization of Late Goryeo–Early Joseon Narratives - Strategies of Representation in Historical Dramas through Hayeoga and Dansimga
JO - The Journal of Korean drama and theatre
PY - 2026
VL - null
IS - 89
PB - The Learned Society Of Korean Drama And Theatre
SP - 263
EP - 298
SN - 1225-7729
AB - his study examines the representations of Hayeoga and Dansimga in five Korean historical television dramas and traces how their paired relationship, canonized through late Joseon records and modern textbooks, was transformed into a dramatic convention. Canonization refers here to the cultural and educational process by which the two sijo acquired authority as a paired exchange, whereas dramatic conventionalization refers to the repeated reworking of their structure of persuasion, refusal, and separation. The corpus consists of Tears of the Dragon, The Great Seer, Jeong Do-jeon, Six Flying Dragons, and King Taejong Yi Bang-won.
The analysis first shows that Hayeoga and Dansimga were canonized through late Joseon records and modern textbooks as a paired exchange between Yi Bang-won’s persuasion and Jeong Mong-ju’s refusal. Canonization endowed the pairing with cultural authority and a shared interpretive framework, which historical dramas transformed into a repeatable scene of persuasion, refusal, and separation. Although the two processes operate on distinct levels, canonization provided the cultural basis for dramatic conventionalization.
On this basis, the dramas broadened the modes of representation from direct recitation to explanation, epistolary exchange, conversational reconstruction, and ultimately to a departure from the source texts. Tears of the Dragon compresses political conflict through the authority of the canonical texts, while the three dramas of the 2010s reorganize the meanings of the poems through explanatory dialogue, letters, and conversational reconstruction. King Taejong Yi Bang-won omits both the poems and their key expressions, retaining only the functions of persuasion and refusal and transforming the scene into an emotional separation between teacher and disciple. This case draws upon the canonized relational structure while departing from the established convention of textual representation. Through these transformations, historical dramas render the politics of dynastic transition as conflicts involving personal choices and interpersonal relationships, using classical sijo as a dramatic resource for reconsidering political legitimacy, loyalty, choice, and responsibility.
KW - Dansimga;Dramatic convention;Hayeoga;Historical drama;Jeong Mong-ju;Question-and-answer structure;Representation of classical sijo;Yi Bang-won
DO - 10.17938/tjkdat.2026..89.263
ER -
Jihye Kim. (2026). The Dramatic Conventionalization of Late Goryeo–Early Joseon Narratives - Strategies of Representation in Historical Dramas through Hayeoga and Dansimga. The Journal of Korean drama and theatre, 89, 263-298.
Jihye Kim. 2026, "The Dramatic Conventionalization of Late Goryeo–Early Joseon Narratives - Strategies of Representation in Historical Dramas through Hayeoga and Dansimga", The Journal of Korean drama and theatre, no.89, pp.263-298. Available from: doi:10.17938/tjkdat.2026..89.263
Jihye Kim "The Dramatic Conventionalization of Late Goryeo–Early Joseon Narratives - Strategies of Representation in Historical Dramas through Hayeoga and Dansimga" The Journal of Korean drama and theatre 89 pp.263-298 (2026) : 263.
Jihye Kim. The Dramatic Conventionalization of Late Goryeo–Early Joseon Narratives - Strategies of Representation in Historical Dramas through Hayeoga and Dansimga. 2026; 89 : 263-298. Available from: doi:10.17938/tjkdat.2026..89.263
Jihye Kim. "The Dramatic Conventionalization of Late Goryeo–Early Joseon Narratives - Strategies of Representation in Historical Dramas through Hayeoga and Dansimga" The Journal of Korean drama and theatre no.89(2026) : 263-298.doi: 10.17938/tjkdat.2026..89.263
Jihye Kim. The Dramatic Conventionalization of Late Goryeo–Early Joseon Narratives - Strategies of Representation in Historical Dramas through Hayeoga and Dansimga. The Journal of Korean drama and theatre, 89, 263-298. doi: 10.17938/tjkdat.2026..89.263
Jihye Kim. The Dramatic Conventionalization of Late Goryeo–Early Joseon Narratives - Strategies of Representation in Historical Dramas through Hayeoga and Dansimga. The Journal of Korean drama and theatre. 2026; 89 263-298. doi: 10.17938/tjkdat.2026..89.263
Jihye Kim. The Dramatic Conventionalization of Late Goryeo–Early Joseon Narratives - Strategies of Representation in Historical Dramas through Hayeoga and Dansimga. 2026; 89 : 263-298. Available from: doi:10.17938/tjkdat.2026..89.263
Jihye Kim. "The Dramatic Conventionalization of Late Goryeo–Early Joseon Narratives - Strategies of Representation in Historical Dramas through Hayeoga and Dansimga" The Journal of Korean drama and theatre no.89(2026) : 263-298.doi: 10.17938/tjkdat.2026..89.263
