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In this study, I tried to examine the creative background of 『Gijae-gi-i』(기재기이) written by Sin Gwang-han(신광한), in order to know the process of Romantic fiction in the earlier period in Joseon dynasty.
Sin Gwang-han, the auther of Gijae-gi-i, was a member of Hungu-pa.(훈구파) But his political view and inclination of consciousness were more like with Giho-sarim.(기호사림) His literary point of view as a scholar in retirement constitutes the principal subject of 『Gijae-gi-i』, which was groping the true sense of life values.
『Gijae-gi-i』(기재기이) shows various transfiguring potentialities of
romantic fiction. It is not only the successor of 『Geumo-sinwha(금오신화)』, but also that of romantic fiction being piled one on another in the earlier age. 『Gijae-gi-i』, through escaping from the uncommunicative bondage of the former narrative literature, has a significant meaning
which gives a notice of new change in the latter history of fiction.