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The Yeats Journal of Korea Vol.23 pp.155-175
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14354/yjk.2005.23.155

Beyond A Global Village: Modern Irish Poetry*

Sungsook Hong

Abstract

Globalization has been remaking the world order in terms of world economy,cosmopolitan culture and international social movements. Through globalization, wecould enjoy many cultures and communicate between us without any obstacle. Onthe other hand, it was thought to be the extension of modernization, bringing aboutmany problems. In connection with the expansion of globalization, SamuelHuntington's theory of ' The Clash of Civilizations' is worth mentioning. Accordingto him, the 21th century as de-cold period, is faced with the collision of culturesbased on religions.
As far as globalization is considered to be the expansion of American culture,the world- wide resistance is already predicted. Especially the countries which hadgone through colonization are seeking their own alternatives to the global culture.
In connection with this, modern Irish poets are the representatives who aremoving toward the ideal glocalism. What I mean by ideal glocalism includesmaking definition of localism, the appropriation of global power, objectifying thelocal culture and seeking for the new humanism. The modern Irish poets show thesuccessful model for appropiating 'the third-space' of Homi Bhabha. They explore'the third-space' of Homi Bhabha as the space of recreation, not that of imitation,by solidifying the local culture and accepting the hybridity at the same time.
W.B. Yeats is the first contributor in making differentiation of the Irish culturefrom the English one. And, also, he tries to make the Irish culture global trend.He recreated hybridity as something new. However, he cannot narrow the culturalgap between the Anglo-Irish as a global power and the Gaelic Catholic as a localpower. John Montague begins his career as a critic of Irish local culture. And hechose the exile. However, from him, we can also see the romantic attachment to the local culture through its objectification. Seamus Heaney begins his career as anarcheologist of the local culture. However he also experiences the conflict betweenthe local and the global. At last his recognition of hybridity of the local culturebrings him to the reconciliation.
The last conclusion is the following: the three Irish poets go beyond globalismtoward glocalism through redefining and remaking their local culture.

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