This thesis is a study on Sahaeng-Kasa, a travel account of governmental delegation in the form of kasa. This thesis tried to study of Ildongjanyuka, Byunginyeunhaengka mainly, which have been said to be most famous works of Sahaeng-Kasa. The followin...
This thesis is a study on Sahaeng-Kasa, a travel account of governmental delegation in the form of kasa. This thesis tried to study of Ildongjanyuka, Byunginyeunhaengka mainly, which have been said to be most famous works of Sahaeng-Kasa. The followings are the synopsis of the results of the study.
Kim In-Kyun, the author of Ildongjanyuka, came out of the nobility strain. The very fact, however, that he was an illegitimate unabled him to enjoy promotion, in spite of his outstanding literary talent. He was a very strict person enough to make direct appeal to his superior in the face of unjustice. On the other hand, he was a man of humanity and had a great love for the nation as well. Ildongjanyuka such personal characteristics can be found in many places easily.
Hong Soon-Hack, the author of Byunginyeunhaenga, was not impaired by his social status like Kim In-Kyum, even though he wasn't out of the nobility stock. He was as brigh as to pass the state-run exam, Byunggwa, for civil servants at the age of 16. He advanced further in government hierarchy to be one of the three enboys at the age of 25 when he was appointed as a mentor of the delegation to China. His work, Byunginyeunhaenga shows his youhtful vitality and his enotional thouch also.
In describing the foreign natural feature, Kim In-Kyum resorted to some ideal and abstract style. On the contrary, Hong Soon-Hack gave it a menute amount using descriptive and realistic words. Especially, both authors' attention was largely drawn to the people and their cultures. That is belibed to be most important part of Sahaeng-Kasa to attract reader's interst.
Even in this matter, they presented a streicking contrast. While Kim In-Kyum experssed his strong subjectivity in his work, Hong Soon-Hack introduced the people and their culture as they were, upon the destination, the purpose, and each person's position. Especially, all member of delegation to Japan had to keep Korean's dignity. Among them, the secretary was so demending that he was supposed to write many poens everday throughout the delegation's trip. Therefore, we can emagine that Ildongjanyuka was under such influence of circumstances.
By contrast, Hong's duty in the delegation to Ching wasn't so demanding one as that of Kim. Without feeling any pressure fron his daily duty he was able to make his work a detailed accoung of delegation's trip from the landscape to the culture. Sahaeng-Kasa is a part of trabel sketch in the form of Kasa which has various characteristics. Like in Ildongjanyuka Byunginyeunhaenka, the style of Sahaeng-Kasa was largely dependent upon the writer's character and also upon barious conditions in terms of its quality and quantity. From this standpoint, Sahaeng-Kasa should be understood as an important part of Koeran Literature of later Yi Dynasty.