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ISSN : 1226-4946(Print)
ISSN : 2288-5412(Online)
The Yeats Journal of Korea Vol.8 pp.89-107
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14354/yjk.1998.8.89

The Comparison of Yeats and Heaney in Dealing with Local Landscapes

Sung-sook Hong

Abstract

The tradition of local landscape poetry in England has appeared sincethe 18th century, and has been enhanced as one of the maincharacteristics of the 19th century European poetry and inherited untiltoday.
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.
Keywords :

W.B.Yeats와 S.Heaney의 서정시 비교: 향토 풍경시 중심으로

홍성숙
청주대

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