Naslov
Speech Representations in Literary Chinese Writings of Chosŏn Literati: Examples from Records of Travel to Beijing (Yŏnhaengnok 燕 行錄)

Autori
Gubić, Ivana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
2022 Kyujanggak International Symposium on Korean Studies

Mjesto i datum
Seoul, Republika Koreja, 03.11.2022. - 04.11.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Yŏnhaengnok, Literary Chinese, speech representations

Sažetak
Yŏnhaengnok (燕行錄), in a broad sense, refers to a voluminous body of records written by the members of frequent Chosŏn embassies to the Qing's capital, Beijing. These records recount various aspects of the journey between the two capitals and they are mostly written in Literary Chinese (hanmun 漢文), as both proficiency and writing in Literary Chinese was the norm among Chosŏn literati. Many yŏnhaengnok also recount instances of communication between embassy members and different Qing subjects, predominantly conducted through interpreters, brush talks (pil'tam 筆談) in Literary Chinese or some other indirect way as, barring a few exceptions, neither were Chosŏn literati familiar with any varieties of spoken Chinese, nor were their Qing counterparts knowledgeable of spoken Korean. Representations of such instances of communication are already interesting in themselves, but even more so when we consider the gap between Literary Chinese and not only spoken Korean, but also spoken Chinese varieties, which makes portraying various aspects of speaking, even if through above-mentioned mediation, rather challenging. Therefore, in this paper I would like to examine, on the example of several yŏnhaengnok, how their Chosŏn authors deal with representations of communication, or direct speech, in hanmun texts. Or more specifically, how colloquial Chinese and Korean are marked in an otherwise rather formal, literary register on the one hand, and how aspects such as ethnicity and linguistic background, as well as the status of interlocutors can be hinted at through representations of their speech, even in cases when such representations are rather sparse or hardly distinguishable from the surrounding narrative.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Povijest

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