ISSN : 1226-4946(Print)
ISSN : 2288-5412(Online)
ISSN : 2288-5412(Online)
The Yeats Journal of Korea Vol.5 pp.187-211
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14354/yjk.1995.5.187
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14354/yjk.1995.5.187
On The Countess Cathleen: From the Perspective of Celtic Myth
Abstract
The mythic world of William Butler Yeats is a composite wholeof Christian, Celtic, Greek, and Roman myths as well as of Irishfolklore. Under the influence of Nietzsche, Yeats introduces theform of drama into his mythical world, and discovers Cathleen inan attempt to enhance national culture and patriotism. Yeats alsoappropriates the thought of Plato, Plotinus, Heraclitus, Blake,Swedenborg, and Boehm, and channels their ideas into his owntheory of representation.
In this context, The Countess Cathleen has been understood asa play in which the gyres turn into a sphere, and the antinomiesare resolved; where the contradictiories, through the very intensityof their opposition, call upon the unity which transcends them.The myths of redemption and natural love represent the binaryopposition of good and evil, and Cathleen, who represents thegood, sacrifices herself to control the evil and is rewarded for it.To conclude, The Countess Cathleen is a beautiful lyric poem inthat Cathleen symbolizes Ireland. In the dramatic atmosphere ofthe final lines, she arrives at a moment of revelation, ofpassionate perception.
In this context, The Countess Cathleen has been understood asa play in which the gyres turn into a sphere, and the antinomiesare resolved; where the contradictiories, through the very intensityof their opposition, call upon the unity which transcends them.The myths of redemption and natural love represent the binaryopposition of good and evil, and Cathleen, who represents thegood, sacrifices herself to control the evil and is rewarded for it.To conclude, The Countess Cathleen is a beautiful lyric poem inthat Cathleen symbolizes Ireland. In the dramatic atmosphere ofthe final lines, she arrives at a moment of revelation, ofpassionate perception.
Keywords :
The Countess Cathleen: Celt 신화의 재창조적인 측면에서
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