Ga-Jeon is a modelled fiction after the Chinese history books style. It is a literary creative writing personified the things near us with an intention to enlighten and warn the ignorant and the world. The works of Ga-Jeon have been produced from the ...
Ga-Jeon is a modelled fiction after the Chinese history books style. It is a literary creative writing personified the things near us with an intention to enlighten and warn the ignorant and the world. The works of Ga-Jeon have been produced from the middle age of Korea dynasty to after the enlightened age.
There are eight pieces of this works written after the enlightened age.
1) Maeseng Jeon by Yoon, Chi Yeong which personified a plum blossom. The author intended to warn to the society of that days by praising its noble-mindedness.
2) Geumeuigongja Jeon by Whang, Hyeon which personified an oriole seems to be a master pieces of that sort of works. The author intended to warn to the court which has no man of ability.
3) Jeonshin Jeon by Kim, Mahn Jin which personifid money is a work with an intention to satirize and awaken the Confucian scholars who are ignorant about economy.
4) Gwanseongja Jeon by Han, Seong le which personified a pen valued the pen high and suggested sympathy for the faithful retainers met with a disaster by reason of their speaking frankly.
5) Yeonjeog Jeon by Choi, Hyeon Dal which personified a Yeonjeog (a container for ink-stone water) is an excellent work praising its lofty grace.
6) Shisoe Jeon by Byeon, Yeong Mahn which personified the human nature is a realistic fiction composed of slang to present a new developmental possibility of Ga-Jeon.
7) Gongbang Jeon by Jo, Gyu Cheol which personified money is a work praising the graceful Korean scholar who won the fight against money.
8) Hwawang Jeon by Lee, Ga Won which personified the tree peony is a fictional work composed of Chinese historical fact in the first half of the piece, and in the second half, of the historical fact of Shilla dynasty, but it is too distracted and hackneyed in thought.
The characteristics of Ga-Jeon of the period from the middle age of Korea dynasty to after the enlightened age are as follows.
1) The motive of the writing of Ga-Jeon changed from the individual anger to the national animosity.
2) There arosed a strong national self-awareness in thought.
3) The style and form of the fiction were slowly changed.
4) It is the works of Chinese literary men who looked away the periodical necessity of the slowly growing Korean literature, and who intended to enlighten and warn the ignorant and the world for fear of the downfall of our country in that days.