갈등의 주제로 예이츠 초기 희곡 읽기

• 영문명: A Study of Conflict in Yeats's Early Plays
• 발행기관: 한국예이츠학회
• 저자명: 윤기호(Kiho Yun)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국 예이츠 저널』34권, 99~122쪽, 전체 24쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2010.12.30

국문 초록

Yeats has expended so much energy on theatre for the simple reason that his imagination was essentially dramatic. Just as in his lyrical poetry he was to find a way of embodying his conviction that conflict is at the root of life, so in his drama he was to develop techniques that enabled him to shape his vision into actable form. Despite great differences in subject matter and technique, Yeats's plays consistently dramatize the conflict between the opposing values: passion, intuition, heroism and self-assertion, on the one hand, reason, prudence, convention, community and self-submission, on the other hand. This paper studies the conflicts in Yeats's three early plays: the conflict between the poet Aleel's world of dreams and beauty and Cathleen's decision to sacrifice herself for the community in The Countess Cathleen, the conflict between the life-denying forces of moral orthodoxy and social conformism and gaiety and aesthetic vitality in The Land of Heart's Desire, and the conflict between the poet Forgael's transcendental journey and his companions' absorption in wine, women, and loot in The Shadowy Waters. Thus, conflict is a powerful instrument to dramatize Yeats's dramatic vision and these early plays, in spite of many failings, show the embryo of the recurrent theme of conflict in his more successful later plays.

키워드

예이츠 초기 희곡 갈등 캐슬린 백작부인 마음이 열망하는 곳 그림자 드리운 바다 W. B. Yeats early plays conflict The Countess Cathleen The Land of Heart's Desire 그림자 드리운 바다