재미한인 시에 나타난 자본주의적 생태에 대한 인식 : 김윤태 시를 중심으로 (Conception of Capitalistic Ecology in Korean American poems : Focused on Kim Yoon-Tae's Poems)

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 문학과환경학회
· 수록지 정보 : 문학과환경 / 13권 / 2호 / 295 ~ 326페이지
· 저자명 : 최미정, Kim Seong Ho

초록

This study aimed the conception of Capitalistic Ecology in poems written by Kim Yoon-Tae in New York. Capitalism pursuits endless growing and profit. During this process, human being and the nature are isolated and exploited by becoming the Other. For this reason, the capitalism is pointed out as the source of ecological crisis.
Kim Yoon-Tae immigrated in the U.S. before the enactment of 1965 Immigration Law which annulled the forbidden clause of Asian immigrants. He captured the shock and realistic pain caused by American capitalism which was totally new to him. He criticized the money oriented capitalism and the society which missing the trust and caring. He also describes dark side of American capitalistic society through the lives of exploited and isolated ethnic minority workers. He reflected what is like to live as an ethnic minority in the U.S. not a Caucasian.
The poet strongly criticizes the racism and white dominant social structure by describing African American, Asian American and other ethnic minorities. While most other Korean American poets embodied the difficulty in immigrant life and conflicts as immigrants in their personal level, Kim Yoon-Tae penetrates the exploiting and isolating structure of American capitalism through his own experience. Kim Yoon-Tae constituently sticks to sharp critical view point toward American capitalistic ecology from his early writings. He showed the life of ethnic minorities who were encroached by American capitalism. This includes economy, race and natural ecology.
His poems represent the way American capitalism treats immigrant workers. These types of immigrants’ lives are interlocked with his life experience, and are represents in his works. His writing vividly describes how human dignity and meaning of life become impoverished by the capitalism. His poems expose the light and shade of American society. Although Kim Yoon-Tae’s poems do not claim to advocate ecological poems, his wo rks are most ecological poems because they criticize the capitalism as the cause of the ecological crisis.

영어초록

This study aimed the conception of Capitalistic Ecology in poems written by Kim Yoon-Tae in New York. Capitalism pursuits endless growing and profit. During this process, human being and the nature are isolated and exploited by becoming the Other. For this reason, the capitalism is pointed out as the source of ecological crisis.
Kim Yoon-Tae immigrated in the U.S. before the enactment of 1965 Immigration Law which annulled the forbidden clause of Asian immigrants. He captured the shock and realistic pain caused by American capitalism which was totally new to him. He criticized the money oriented capitalism and the society which missing the trust and caring. He also describes dark side of American capitalistic society through the lives of exploited and isolated ethnic minority workers. He reflected what is like to live as an ethnic minority in the U.S. not a Caucasian.
The poet strongly criticizes the racism and white dominant social structure by describing African American, Asian American and other ethnic minorities. While most other Korean American poets embodied the difficulty in immigrant life and conflicts as immigrants in their personal level, Kim Yoon-Tae penetrates the exploiting and isolating structure of American capitalism through his own experience. Kim Yoon-Tae constituently sticks to sharp critical view point toward American capitalistic ecology from his early writings. He showed the life of ethnic minorities who were encroached by American capitalism. This includes economy, race and natural ecology.
His poems represent the way American capitalism treats immigrant workers. These types of immigrants’ lives are interlocked with his life experience, and are represents in his works. His writing vividly describes how human dignity and meaning of life become impoverished by the capitalism. His poems expose the light and shade of American society. Although Kim Yoon-Tae’s poems do not claim to advocate ecological poems, his wo rks are most ecological poems because they criticize the capitalism as the cause of the ecological crisis.

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