This paper discusses the meditative backgrounds and their characteristics in the early poems of W. B. Yeats Chapter II discusses the characteristics of the Theosophical Society which seeks Anima Mundi, Golden Dawn which makes the experiment to evoke the daimon, and the style of the early poems which shows the course of investigation of the self. Chapter III discusses the mysterious vitality of place in Sligo which mixes up the various culture and evokes nostalgia. Throughout his career Yeats uses meditation to apply the core of his poetic material and a profound technique in composition. His meditation combines poetry into an individual's sense, emotion, and the ability of knowledge to purify the soul. He achieves meditation which reaches immediate unity through the delicate ritual of meditation during ecstasy. Yeats didn't come to the maturity of meditative poetry which completes the meditative style as we compare his early poems with his later work. But he creates a place as the basic structure of meditation, perceives it through meditation, establishes it as the principle of meditation which integrates the Universe and the Natural. And he smoothly explores the movement of thought. He also integrates the perception of human spirit into the perception of the natural world. In conclusion the meditation which Yeats had searched for in his poetry creates a self, perceives the supernatural being, and integrates the supernatural and the natural into his inner life. So he completes perfect meditative poems.
목차
I. 들어가면서 II. 초기 명상시의 배경 III. 슬라이고(Sligo)의 터의 영기(靈氣) VI. 나오면서 인용문헌 Abstract 주제어
키워드
예이츠(W. B. Yeats)명상(meditation)신지학(Theosophical Society)세계영(Anima Mundi)다이몬(daimon)자아(Self)터의 영기(an mysterious vitality of place)
예이츠 및 관련 분야에 대한 회원들의 학문 발전을 도모하고 연구 의욕을 고취시키기 위해 다음과 같은 일을 기획하고 수행함을 그 목적으로 한다.
1) 학술 발표회 및 세미나 개최
2) 학술 정보의 수집과 자료 교환
3) 연구논문집 『한국예이츠저널』(The Yeats Journal of Korea) 발간
4) 회원 상호간의 학문적 교류와 친목 도모