The purpose of this paper is to verify the characteristics of Yu Mongin’s allegory proses in the Mid-Choson Dynasty. To accomplish this, the paper reviewed the trend of the Mid Choson dynasty’s proses and the significance of allegory proses of tha...
The purpose of this paper is to verify the characteristics of Yu Mongin’s allegory proses in the Mid-Choson Dynasty. To accomplish this, the paper reviewed the trend of the Mid Choson dynasty’s proses and the significance of allegory proses of that era. Based upon that, this paper focuses on the achievement of Yu Mongin’s allegory proses and its characteristics.
Yu Mongin’s allegory proses showed interest in the pursuit of real knowledge and possession of knowing, which was not limited to the boundaries of Confucianism. His artwork embraced various philosophies and reflected their ways of thinking. The wide spectrum of his philosophical & literature world constructed unique proses which contained satire and sarcasm.
Yu Mongin’s allegory proses focused on everyday life and practical politics, thereby taking both a philosophical and logical approach to life in allegory proses. By doing that his artwork shined with liveliness in the Mid Choson dynasty’s and portrayed the group of political scholars in that era, Sanlim(), with cynicism. Also, Yu Mongin accomplished higher level narratives through his agony and the status of human beings in the universe.
Yu Mongin used real characters and situations to inspire vitality in his allegory proses. Also, he used a series of questions and binary opposition to achieve logical criticism, persuasion and entertainment value.