On Dionysian 'Reality' and Cosmic Cruelty in F. Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy, Antonin Artaud’s ‘Theatre of Cruelty’ and D. H. Lawrence’s Mexican(Aztec) Myth
This essay seeks to examine the artistic relationship between Nietzsche, Lawrence and Artaud. Their common ground is that they are all Dionysian artists. Despite their marked differences, for them the Dionysian vision of the cosmic cruelty are the ultimate ‘reality’ of life. Nietzsche, Lawrence and Artaud are closely connected in terms of the Dionysian vision of life. Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy, Artaud’s ‘Theatre of Cruelty’ and Lawrence’s Mexican (Aztec) Myth in The Plumed Serpent are designed to promote their life-affirming vision by revealing the fundamental ‘reality’ of life. Their Dionysian vision of life is associated with the cosmic cruelty of the mysterious pagan world. The ancient religious rites and rituals (in ancient Greece, North American Indian rituals and Aztec myth) were created as the artistic sublimation of natural cruelty. This version of the Dionysian vision guides us to look into the terrible destructiveness of ‘real’ history, as well as the inhuman cruelty of nature. The revelation of cosmic cruelty exposes an absolute determination to unravel all the false images which surround us. Thus, the presence of the cosmic cruelty artistically drives us to ‘see’ the hidden truth of life. This cruel vision dynamically reveals the uncanny ‘reality’ that we resist seeing while we are trapped in our accustomed life. Influenced by Nietzsche, both of Lawrence and Artaud create their own ‘Dionysian vision of the cosmic cruelty’ through their innovative art-works. According to them, the total destruction of Dionysian ‘reality’ is a necessary precondition for achieving new vitality and spirituality for mankind.
목차
I. Foreword II. Nietzsche's Dionysian Vision of Cosmic Cruelty III. Artaud's 'Dionysian Theatre of Cruelty' IV. Lawrence's Cosmic Cruelty in Mexican(Aztec) Myth V. Conclusion Works Cited Abstract
키워드
우주적 잔인성잔혹극디오니시안 비전니체로렌스아르토아즈텍 신화비극의 탄생날개 돋친 뱀cosmic crueltytheatre of crueltyDionysian visionNietzscheLawrenceArtaudAztec mythThe Birth of TragedyThe Plumed Serpent
저자
Lee, Young-Zun [ 이영준 | Baptist Theological University ]
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]