거사가, 와 임천별곡, 을 중심으로 본 조선후기 대화체 가사의 특수성 = The Characteristic of Dialogue Style Kasa Written in the Late Chosun Dynasty - Focusing on Geosaga(The Song of a Buddhist Monk), and ImchunPyulgok(The Song of Imchun), -

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Kasa is a form of Korean classical verse having indefinite number of lines with tetrameter. In most Kasa a poetic narrator as the author``s alter ego speaks about the theme directly. However, some of Kasa adopt the voices of characters like in a drama instead of author``s direct voice, and they are called dialogue style Kasa. <Geosaga(The Song of a Buddhist Monk)> and <ImchunPyulgok(The Song of Imchun)> are composed of two characters`` dialogue. These two works seem to use the way of speaking far from the typical way found in most Kasa. This paper aims at identifying these two works as dialogue style Kasa. <Song of a Buddhist Monk> consists of dialogue between a buddhist and a young beautiful widow. The monk falls in love at first sight, but the widow does not because she wants to be a virtuous woman. However, he renounces his monastic life and joins the secular society with her. They do not seem to communicate well since the widow talks only one time while the monk talks too much. Even the monk’s speech looks like a monologue because he does not care about the widow``s answer and talks only about his feelings and desire. <The Song of Imchun> consists of dialogue between an old man and an old woman. The old man who is a declasse aristocrat wants to sleep with the old woman who is a lowly person. She denies because he is old and poor. Both Kasa works develop the story in the beginning, and reveal the inner side in the latter half. Therefore, the function of dialogue is a development of the story and expression of feeling or thoughts. There are two different types of dialogue style Kasa ; one is speaking within one text, and the other is speaking between more than two texts. <The Song of Buddhist Monk> and <The Song of Imchun> are unique in that they carry the former style which was popular after 20th century, but they were actually written in the 18th and 19th centuries. They are categorized as love Kasa which deals with various aspects of relations between men and women. However, while most love Kasa deal with sorrow of parting, these two works deal with sexual desire. So somes cholars categorized these two works as narrative Kasa. <The Song of Buddhist Monk> and <The Song of Imchun> are unique in expression style and contents, and this complexity is based on flexibility of Kasa.