This thesis aims to explore Ralph Waldo Emerson’s notion of science through ‘American Scholar’ as a Poet-Scientist. 19th century had not witnessed yet the distinct separation between science and the humanities. Romantic poets believed science could be an efficient tool to help poets approach the fundamental principles of the world and understand God’s design by discovering natural facts. Under the influence of Romantic science, Emerson tried to find a way to integrate ‘two cultures’, science and the humanities. He was inspired by the visual image of wholeness in Natural History Museum in Paris. He suggested classification was the basic and foremost steps for scientific recognition of the world, but thought it was insufficient to achieve integrated insights and needed to be complemented by poets’ power of imagination to penetrate the essence of things. Poets can find relationships and similarities hidden in natural objects by using metaphor, but they are also required to be assisted by scientific accuracy. Therefore, the Poet-Scientist is Emerson’s ideal exemplar of a scholar. Emerson hoped American Scholar to be an integrated intellectual to discover a principle for wholeness and oneness. His view of science deserves to be shedded new light as an early attempt for consilience.
목차
I. 들어가며 II. 자연 연구가 : 분류(Classification) III. 시인 : 상상력과 은유 IV. 시인-과학자의 이상 : 통합적 사유를 향하여 V. 나가며 Works Cited Abstract
한국중앙영어영문학회 [The Jungang English Language And Literature Association Of Korea]
설립연도
1968
분야
인문학>영어와문학
소개
본 학회는 영미어문학의 학술연구와 이에 부합하는 아래의 사업을 기획 수행하며,
또한 회원 상호간의 친목을 도모함을 목적으로 한다.
1. 학회지 발간
2. 연구 발표회, 강연회, 공동연구
3. 영미어문학 관련 도서출판
4. 영미어문학 관계 도서 및 자료의 모집 및 비치
5. 기타 본회의 목적 달성에 필요한 사업
간행물
간행물명
영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]