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The Life and Sijo of Cho Yunje as Revealed in Donamjapji

  • Journal of Korean Literature
  • 2026, (53), pp.149~176
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature
  • Received : March 31, 2026
  • Accepted : May 10, 2026
  • Published : May 30, 2026

YOON Byungyong 1

1전남대학교

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ABSTRACT

Donamjapji is a collection of writings that Cho Yun-je compiled and published in 1964 to commemorate his sixtieth birthday, gathering articles he had previously contributed to newspapers and magazines. This study aims to comprehensively examine Cho Yun-je's life and sijo from multiple perspectives by focusing on the characteristics and distinctive aspects of Donamjapji that have been overlooked in previous scholarship. The diverse writings contained in Donamjapji reveal not only Cho Yun-je's attitude as a scholar maintained throughout his life, but also his persona as an intellectual and educator who never compromised with injustice, as well as a living being who experienced human anguish and conflict. Particularly noteworthy are the sijo poems he created himself, which exemplify how he realized the aesthetic consciousness of traditional sijo that he had researched throughout his lifetime through actual creative practice. These works represent his attempt to answer how sijo—already becoming an "outdated verse form"—can exist as a literary work that maintains its aesthetic ideals and essence while capturing the lives of modern readers. This endeavor holds significance in that it reveals Cho Yun-je's facet as a creative writer and demonstrates that his view of sijo was realized not merely as fossilized theory but as an actual practice in the dimension of creative writing.

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