토마스 하디의 시: 이상향으로서의 과거 (Thomas Hardy’s Poetry: Longing for the Past as the Lost Eden)

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· 발행기관 : 한국현대영미시학회
· 수록지 정보 : 현대영미시연구 / 13권 / 2호 / 145 ~ 172페이지
· 저자명 : 조병화

초록

Hardy’s pessimistic vision is special in that he does not deny all the values of the world, but finds present realities problematic in contrast with the past, the blissful moment in his memories. In both of his verse and prose he commemorates his childhood and hometown, by which he seems to believe he can be re-invigorated. Psychologically the tendency to long for the past is related to the working of the mother archetype, which, according to Jungian psychology, helps human beings survive and adapt themselves to given conditions in infancy and childhood. Such is its power that it has worked as a psychological motif, whose workings are traceable in various fields of human activities including literature. This archetype may prolong its influence or even dominate one’s psyche for one’s lifetime under certain circumstances. Hardy seems to have been under a strong influence of the mother archetype since he always contrasts troublesome present against carefree days gone-by. We find the reason on three grounds: one is favorable human surroundings in his youth, especially his devoted mother and other figures onto whom his mother archetype was projected; another, the natural settings in which he grew up and to which he felt attached till his death; the other, Christianity and the church which provided Hardy with rich foundations for his literary success. Here an attempt has been made to substantiate such assumptions.

영어초록

Hardy’s pessimistic vision is special in that he does not deny all the values of the world, but finds present realities problematic in contrast with the past, the blissful moment in his memories. In both of his verse and prose he commemorates his childhood and hometown, by which he seems to believe he can be re-invigorated. Psychologically the tendency to long for the past is related to the working of the mother archetype, which, according to Jungian psychology, helps human beings survive and adapt themselves to given conditions in infancy and childhood. Such is its power that it has worked as a psychological motif, whose workings are traceable in various fields of human activities including literature. This archetype may prolong its influence or even dominate one’s psyche for one’s lifetime under certain circumstances. Hardy seems to have been under a strong influence of the mother archetype since he always contrasts troublesome present against carefree days gone-by. We find the reason on three grounds: one is favorable human surroundings in his youth, especially his devoted mother and other figures onto whom his mother archetype was projected; another, the natural settings in which he grew up and to which he felt attached till his death; the other, Christianity and the church which provided Hardy with rich foundations for his literary success. Here an attempt has been made to substantiate such assumptions.

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