ISSN : 2288-5412(Online)
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14354/yjk.1998.8.89
The Comparison of Yeats and Heaney in Dealing with Local Landscapes
Abstract
The landscape, in general, plays three roles: first, it is used as thebackground and a medium with which to express a poet’s emotion andmind; secondly, it can reveal its role as a subject, making dialogue with apoet; and thirdly, it can be used as a reminder of collective mind.
Yeats and Heaney, unlike the English poets, show strong aestheticaland collective mind, even in describing the landscape. However, Yeats,belonging to Protestant Ascendancy, used the landscape as a medium toexpress his individualistic emotion and to stir the Romantic Ireland. Onthe other hand, Heaney, belonging to the oppressed Ulster Catholic,projects the communities’ lack - as well as the reaction to overcome thislack - the lost land, language and tradition.
Heaney’s point of view and technique are very realistic, while Yeats’spoint of view and technique are romantic. Yeats’ landscape is paintedpurple-coloured ; Heaney’s is described as a dark-coloured one, reflectinghis own pity for the oppressed people and their adversity.
W.B.Yeats와 S.Heaney의 서정시 비교: 향토 풍경시 중심으로
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