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The ‘love’ of the gisaeng, the authenticity of emotions

  • The Studies in Korean Poetry and Culture
  • Abbr : Korean Poetry and Culture
  • 2023, (52), pp.35-58
  • Publisher : The Society of Korean Poetry and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature
  • Received : July 7, 2023
  • Accepted : August 10, 2023
  • Published : August 31, 2023

CHO TAESEONG 1

1전남대학교

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ABSTRACT

It is not easy to distinguish poems that sing only true love while ignoring any poetic background. Nevertheless, the reason why the authenticity of the emotion of love is discussed here is because it is an attempt to re-read the sheer function of literature. Any text singing love would not have intended to contain only superficial emotions. Of course, on the contrary, there are many cases where it is no more or less revealed on the surface. For that reason, this article examined its authenticity, especially in relation to the expression of love of Gisaeng, focusing on Chinese poetry and Sijo. First, in the case of works judged to be false love songs, it was found that it was largely due to the customary writing attitude. And it was also examined that songs that aspire to true love were mainly produced in private spaces. These songs also had the characteristic of the existence of a reply poem. In conclusion, this article explained that the feelings of love of Gisaengs were not a matter of dichotomy between positivity and denial, but a structural problem of contemporary society, and furthermore, it was a process to confirm that it originated from the process of deprivation of femininity.

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