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ISSN : 1226-4946(Print)
ISSN : 2288-5412(Online)
The Yeats Journal of Korea Vol.7 pp.157-167
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14354/yjk.1997.7.157

The Role of Pre-Raphaelitism in Yeats's “The Wanderings of Oisin”

Yeon Wook Chung

Abstract

Yeats wrote “The Wanderings of Oisin” with devotion. He spent a lot oftime on the poem. It is about the Irish literary revival and is with a lot ofIrish elements. In here he wanted to deal with fundamental humanconditions, connecting Irish myths with the present. For he believed thathuman nature remains the same, unaffected by the passage of time.
“The Wanderings of Oisin” is deeply involved with symbolic andPre-Raphaelite elements. Particularly, the early Pre-Raphaelite Yeats appliedthe various aspects of Pre-Raphaelitism to this work, in which humanemotions are fitly imbued with the mood of Pre-Raphaelite paintings. Theallusion of light and darkness represented in Pre- Raphaelite paintings hasthe poetic implication. Eventually, Yeats strove to connect the mood of“The Wanderings of Oisin” with Pre-Raphaelite characters. Such anattempt of his seems to be very successful, making a new, vital poem.
Keywords :

“The Wanderings of Oisin”에서의 Pre-Raphaelitism의 역할

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