디미뜨리에 깐떼미르(Dimitrie Cantemir)의 『몰도바 기술(記述)(Descriptio Moldaviae)』 (1714-1716) 해체하기

Abstract

Even though Cantemir failed at politics in rumanian history, this failure turned into rumanian humanities. His life-long wish came true when he be came a Moldovan ruler, he attempted to be free from Ottoman Turks but failed at it and exiled to Russia. He started to write about his fatherlatiesnd, where he could not return alive .At the year of 1711 his attention and acts changed from linguistics and philosophy when in Constantinople to the annals when in Russia. 『Description on Moldova』 was written at early 18 century, but it is very valuable material in rumanian history of documents. Any scholar who studies rumanian humanities needs this document to know about ancient Dachian myths and customs. Cantemir verified this book’s value by the metaphor that history is like an clear mirror which reflects the glorious moments of history and the images of the people. The contents of this book which was written about his love for his homeland is very accurate and detailed considering his long hostaged and exiled periods. He explained the location and presence of his fatherland, Moldova by putting the geography of Moldova at the foremost part of the book to let the ignorant Europeans to know his country. He mentioned Dacian kingdom, Trajan, Dragosh repeatedly so that as a first monarch of Moldovan republic, he emphasized the identity of Moldova as a roman descendants, who were formed from the union of dacian and roman people. As he was a monarch from royal family, he stressed on the ruler’s role in monarch’s election and resignation. He also wrote about his country’s formation of the people and the important annual events and marital’ burial ceremony. He dreamt of his country’s independence by being a monarch and stabilizing it even though he was a hopeless hostage. He made a detailed description about Moldova’s state affairs and it’s people as if he had been a monarch of it for a long time. Records about Sanziene which is a main material of rumanian oral literature and Zburator which is one of the 4 major myths is essential for those scholars who study Romanian humanities. He verified his book by founding out that Moldovan(Romanian) language originated from Latin and these two languages were very similar.(Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)