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A Study on the Transcendental Aesthetic Consciousness and Classical Symbolism Appeared in Yun Dae-nyeong's Novel

  • The Studies in Korean Poetry and Culture
  • Abbr : Korean Poetry and Culture
  • 2022, (50), pp.119-149
  • Publisher : The Society of Korean Poetry and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature
  • Received : July 6, 2022
  • Accepted : August 16, 2022
  • Published : August 31, 2022

Jun Chunglim 1

1이화여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to examine inter-textuality between Hyangga and contemporary novel The Sacred Road of Shilla. Hyangga, formal literature of Shilla, had cultural peculiarities under the value of Buddhism, such as eternal time awareness, transcendental power related with external beauty and imperturbable sentiment(平淡). These cultural aspects affected to Shilla society and it resonated with the literature. Yun Dae-nyeong, the author of The Sacred Road of Shilla, illustrated the cultural aspects of Shilla and drew upon the sources of Hyangga to emphasize his own narrative. In this novel, the sources of Hyangga had been effectively transpositioned. The religious features and transcendental aspects had been transmitted into modern aesthetic values. In Yun Dae-nyeong’s oeuvre, uncertainty of existence and desire for transcendental origin were addressed frequently. Thus the author attempted to translate classical and religional insight of Hyangga to his literary theme.

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