ISSN : 2288-5412(Online)
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14354/yjk.2004.21.5
Yeats: The Cultural Politics of Tragedy and Authority [2] ―From the Antinomies and Oppositions to the Tragic Joy
Abstract
“The Gyres” and “Lapis Lazuli”, two tragic lyrics composed in Yeats’s lastyears, embody his idea of the tragic lyric as well as his tragic world view. In “TheGyres”, the poet, invoking his muse “the old Rocky Face” to look forth and viewthe world’s overall collapse, “but laugh in tragic joy”. And in “Lapis Lazuli”, thetragic heroes of the Shakespearean tragedy are displayed as the opposing powers orqualities to “the hysterical women” of the modern world. In both of these poems,the poet’s tragic joy or exultation springs from the tragic vision that all things “falland are built again.” The very eternal recurrence of the battle of antinomies andopposite forces is the source which enacts the poet’s strength and energy to exalt in the midst of despair. Therefore, we may be able to say that the poet’s magicalaesthetic which is based on the absolute power of death and the tragic sense of lifeelevates his lyrics to the height of disruptive tragedy, letting the poet to enact tragicauthority at the same time.
영국시의 탈중심 문화 지형 (3)*예이츠: 비극과 권위의 문화정치 [2]* *― 모순대립에서 비극적 황홀로
초록
-
-
Submission : JAMS
https://yjk.jams.or.kr/
-
YSK
The Yeats Society of Korea
-
Editorial Office
Contact Information- Tel: +82-2-2220-4477
- E-mail: ilhwan_y@hanyang.ac.kr