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A Study on Kim Ryeo's Figuration of Writers in Exile

  • Journal of Korean Literature
  • 2021, (44), pp.423-451
  • DOI : 10.52723/JKL.44.423
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature
  • Received : September 30, 2021
  • Accepted : November 10, 2021
  • Published : November 30, 2021

Hong Jinok 1

1서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper analyzed Damjeong Kim Ryeo's exceptional attitude toward his predecessors Lee Hang-bok(李恒福) and Lee Gwang-sa(李匡師), both of whom were exiled, and its significance. In the history of Korean literature, Kim Ryeo received the spotlight for his high level of understanding of human beings, which was shown in his portrayal of marginalized people in society and his outstanding literary accomplishment by bringing such people to the forefront in his works. Kim left a long poem on the life of Lee Hang-bok in Chinese poetry on his journey to Buryeong, his place of exile. This study traced Kim Ryeo’s interest in Lee Hang-bok, among the many figures exiled to the northern regions, to the political persecution Kim Ryeo's family experienced during the reign of King Kwanghaegun. While their circumstances may have differed, Lee Hangbok, who pointed out the tumultuous reality amid the hardships and difficulties and defended his innocence, was a person who embodied the behavior that Kim Ryeo considered ideal. The next person Kim Ryeo recalled after he arrived at his place of exile in Buryeong was Lee Gwang-sa. Kim Ryeo felt a special bond with Lee Gwang-sa. As he became acquainted with the people directly related to Lee Gwang-sa in Buryeong, Lee Gwang-sa was no longer a person of the past but a person who formed a new "spiritual relationship" with him. Based on this bond and emotional intimacy, Kim Ryeo recognized Lee Gwang-sa as his predecessor and a fellow writer and tried to communicate with him closely through literature. The profound consolation and spiritual interaction for the exiled writers of the past show how Kim Ryeo's in-depth understanding of humans was not limited to the marginalized people in the society. The works on exiled writers are significant in that they show how Kim Ryeo transcended time and space to interact with the writers of the past whom he had never met in person.

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