ISSN : 1226-4946(Print)
ISSN : 2288-5412(Online)
ISSN : 2288-5412(Online)
The Yeats Journal of Korea Vol.5 pp.75-92
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14354/yjk.1995.5.75
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14354/yjk.1995.5.75
Reading on "The Wind Among the Reeds": Two-Way Dreaming Process of Speaker-Hearer toward Supremacy
Abstract
Yeats's "The Wind Among the Reeds" shows that thesound/voice he finds in the reeds of his mind is reshaped at thefirst phase as the host(ghost) of the air and at the later phasesas a specific object, such as a Perfect/White Beauty. In thepresent valley where the passion of the Shadowy Horse runsrampantly, the poet yearns for the unappeasable host(ghost) to beanimated or transformed into a meaningful expression, the soul oflanguage, and its own self-expression.
This repetitive images have three self-expressive entities:Speaker, Hearer, and Dreamer. The dreamer mourns and pleadsfor the ideal objectivity of his beloved Beauty, and speaks to theblessed. By speaking or expressing, he transforms himself into acreative speaker. He speaks out his heart, moods, love towardsthe Secret Rose. At the same time he hears himself. The signifierof the speaker reiterates itself as the signified for the hearer. Thehearer, losing all travail of passion and windy voices, understandshis own passivity and past greatness.
This dual process of "speaking himself hear" and "hearinghimself speak" turns out to be "auto-affection". The external lovetoward the Beauty reverses to the internal love. It is the absolutereduction of his poetic mind and purity to fit for univesality. Hissubjectivity, voices, consciousness, and passions, by way of theimmediate repetition/reduction/auto-affection, turn inoheart-rendering poetry of affectivity and universality. It is one ofthe elements that make his poetry great.
This repetitive images have three self-expressive entities:Speaker, Hearer, and Dreamer. The dreamer mourns and pleadsfor the ideal objectivity of his beloved Beauty, and speaks to theblessed. By speaking or expressing, he transforms himself into acreative speaker. He speaks out his heart, moods, love towardsthe Secret Rose. At the same time he hears himself. The signifierof the speaker reiterates itself as the signified for the hearer. Thehearer, losing all travail of passion and windy voices, understandshis own passivity and past greatness.
This dual process of "speaking himself hear" and "hearinghimself speak" turns out to be "auto-affection". The external lovetoward the Beauty reverses to the internal love. It is the absolutereduction of his poetic mind and purity to fit for univesality. Hissubjectivity, voices, consciousness, and passions, by way of theimmediate repetition/reduction/auto-affection, turn inoheart-rendering poetry of affectivity and universality. It is one ofthe elements that make his poetry great.
Keywords :
Yeats 의 "The Wind Among the Reeds" 읽기: 화자와 청자의 이중적 꿈꾸기의 시학
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