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@article{ART001823137},
author={KO Jeong Hee},
title={Saseol Sijo and Realism},
journal={Journal of Korean Literature},
issn={1598-2076},
year={2013},
number={28},
pages={7-39}

TY - JOUR
AU - KO Jeong Hee
TI - Saseol Sijo and Realism
JO - Journal of Korean Literature
PY - 2013
VL - null
IS - 28
PB - The Society Of Korean Literature
SP - 7
EP - 39
SN - 1598-2076
AB - The purpose of this paper is to study how literature awakens and reconstructs the reality of the society through achievements of realism shown by Saseol Sijo. In chapter 2, it examines how Lukács’ realism theory was incorrectly applied in the studies of Saseol Sijo and in chapter 3, achievements of realism that are difficult to be explained by the theory of Lukács are investigated. The results may be summarized as follows. First, ignoring the fact that ‘representation’ is considered an aesthetic concept in the Lukács’ theory of realism, researchers of Saseol Sijo interpreted that Saseol Sijo reflects the realities of life as is for a particular class of people. This resulted the criticism that realism negatively judges poetic achievements of Saseol Sijo. Second, the analysis of works of Saseol Sijo shows that Saseol Sijo does not simply reflect the realities of life for particular class of the society nor just imitate it as is. Saseol Sijo aesthetically represents the reality and at the same time, Saseol Sijo introduces external things to re-awaken the realities of the society to prevent the represented world from being restored to subjectivity of the mankind. Through this, it showed the achievement of realism in the form where the human controls the subjectivity and applies objective standards on oneself. Third, because western realism theorists including Lukács were captivated by human-centered perspectives it was difficult to properly explain achievements of realism. For this, new realism theory is necessary which acknowledges that the reality and literature are of different categories, acknowledges that time-space and things inhabited by human may be the variables of more importance in the reality reconstructed by literature and that which considers the liveliness of language that interacts between signs and referents.
KW - Saseol Sijo;realism;literature;the reality of the society;Lukács;aesthetic representation;control of subjectivity;achievement of realism;things
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KO Jeong Hee. (2013). Saseol Sijo and Realism. Journal of Korean Literature, 28, 7-39.

KO Jeong Hee. 2013, "Saseol Sijo and Realism", Journal of Korean Literature, no.28, pp.7-39.

KO Jeong Hee "Saseol Sijo and Realism" Journal of Korean Literature 28 pp.7-39 (2013) : 7.

KO Jeong Hee. Saseol Sijo and Realism. 2013; 28 : 7-39.

KO Jeong Hee. "Saseol Sijo and Realism" Journal of Korean Literature no.28(2013) : 7-39.

KO Jeong Hee. Saseol Sijo and Realism. Journal of Korean Literature, 28, 7-39.

KO Jeong Hee. Saseol Sijo and Realism. Journal of Korean Literature. 2013; 28 7-39.

KO Jeong Hee. Saseol Sijo and Realism. 2013; 28 : 7-39.

KO Jeong Hee. "Saseol Sijo and Realism" Journal of Korean Literature no.28(2013) : 7-39.