TY - JOUR AU - OH, Kyong-geun PY - 2016/11/04 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - KOREAN SIJO POEMS AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS JF - International Journal of Korean Humanities and Social Sciences JA - kr VL - 1 IS - SE - Articles DO - 10.14746/kr.2015.01.02 UR - https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/kr/article/view/6506 SP - 23-38 AB - <p><em>Sijo </em>is an original genre of short Korean poems with a strictly defined structure reflecting the rhythm of a traditional Korean song. <em>Sijo </em>poems are the only traditional genre of Korean poetry, which is still practised by contemporary Korean poets. It gained tremendous popularity during the reign of the Joseon dynasty, especially among the Confucian scholars and noblemen who ruled the country. <em>Sijo </em>poetry has undergone a transformation as far as the topics and structure of <em>sijo </em>poems are concerned. Initially the authors of <em>sijo </em>belonged to the ruling class and were solely men (Confucian scholars). But with the passage of time and the development of society the representatives of the middle class started writing <em>sijo </em>poems as well. The <em>sijo</em> transformations also included the linguistic changes, which may be observed through the course of <em>sijo </em>history. The topics also changed as new types of <em>sijo </em>appeared beside traditional <em>sijo </em>devoted mainly to Confucian ideas formulated in a refined language.</p> ER -