개화기 규방가사에 나타난 여성의 시대인식에 관한 연구 = A Study on Woman`s Recognition of the Age Appeared in Kyubang - kasa During the Enlightenment Period

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study analyzed woman`s recognition of the age during the enlightenment period based on Kyubang-kasa. Kyubang-kasa is women`s literature that was created by women of Yangban Class and was popular among them. The contents of this study is how the women during the period recognized the enlightenment period, what is the women`s definition of problems to solve for Chosun and where the women put their role and identity. For the analysis, the estimated time frame of the enlightenment period will be from Kap-O Reform(1894) to 1945 when Korea was released from Japanese rule. The major conclusions that are derived from the study are as follows : 1. The enlightenment discourses of the intellectuals during the period were discussed with and popular to women through Kyubang-kasa and they also asserted enlightening Chosun society in Kyubang-kasa. 2. Kyungseka with a view of enlightenment discourses regarded the westernization of Chosun society as a natural process. The acceptance of the `western` of Chosun society made women be able to see the everyday life with the wholly new point of view. Kyungseka emphasized that all the people in Chosun should perform the proper role as a member of a nation to overcome Chosun`s crisis during the enlightenment period. 3. Women during the period who were against with unfairness of Confucian female ethics explored changes of tradition to adapt them to enlightenment period.