<정석가>의 소재와 구조 고찰 = A Study on the Literary Material and Structure of Jeongseokga

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study attempted a detailed analysis of the poem Jeongseokga, for which related data have not survived, based on the literary materials and semantic structure to interpret the meaning context of the poem consistently.
The first line of each stanza mentions minerals associated with literary materials such as “stone,” “fine sand,” “jade,” “iron,” “ductile iron,” and “bead.” The “stone” of the title and the “stone” of the first stanza indicate the concave musical instrument(gyungsoi), and accordingly, the materials in the second to fifth stanza are related to the ingredients of the instrument. Therefore, Jeongseokga is thought to refer to the song of a concave musical instrument. On the other hand, the second to sixth stanza mention “chestnut,” “lotus,” “iron clothes of escort warrior,” “bull,” and “bead,” figurative literary materials are related to a banquet as food, a banquet venue with a pond, the clothes of the warrior guarding the banquet hall, and the ornaments of the participants.
The performance can be understood through the relationship between these materials. The speaker, who is a musician playing concave musical instruments, would have taken the materials of the banquet and written the lyrics while performing. Behind the literary materials, characters supporting the banquet such as a craftsman, gardener, warrior, seamstress, chef, and dancer appear, and through warrior clothes and grazing bulls, the special fascination of the banquet is expressed. Poetic thoughts are developed to heighten the atmosphere of entertainment at banquets.
Jeongseokga consists of three sections. In the first stanza, the sense of the presence of the performance is expressed, and the meaning of the performance that praises the era of peace is declared. Poetic thoughts develop from the second to the fifth stanzas with literary materials related to the banquet. In the last line of each stanza, there is praise for and expressions of loyalty to the banquet organizer. In the sixth stanza, the theme of the poem converges with the metaphor of the bead.
Given the literary materials and semantic structure, it can be seen that Jeongseokga is an elegant ode produced by the relationship between the organizer, the king, and the participants in the atmosphere of the banquet.