This essay examines the ecological content and significance of nature poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins. It starts with examining the views of Ignatius Loyola in terms of the man-and-nature relationship in a theological context, from which Hopkins develops his own idea of how nature serves to form a salvific vision for humans. On this basis, the essay reviews and analyzes four of his nature poems, which represent and support his ecological views of nature and humans. From this analysis, it is suggested that Hopkins' nature poems embody several focal ideas which modern-day ecocriticism involves: nature as a subjective entity, nature as a tragic figure, and nature as an essential for human existence. In conclusion, the essay argues that in Hopkins nature and humans are not in a mutually exclusive relationship but in an ecologically-linked subjective relationship of interplay through which each serves to fulfill the divine purpose for the other.
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]