This paper explores the Christian reinterpretation of classical mythology in Victorian poetry, focusing on three poets—Robert Bridges, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Richard Watson Dixon. Although often categorized separately in literary history—Bridges as a modern poet, Hopkins as a religious poet, and Dixon as a Pre-Raphaelite—the three shared a mutual engagement with reimagining myth through a Christian lens. This study reveals how each poet re-appropriated Greek myth not merely as cultural ornament but as a theological and moral framework within the tensions of Victorian religious life by examining Bridges’s Prometheus the Firegiver, Hopkins’s “Andromeda,” and Dixon’s epic Mano. While Bridges constructs Prometheus as a Christlike figure symbolizing divine sacrifice and moral heroism, Hopkins re-imagines Andromeda as a symbol of the suffering Catholic Church in a secular age. In contrast, Dixon mythologizes Christian history itself, casting medieval Catholicism in a critical light. The study demonstrates how these poets transformed classical myth into a compelling vehicle for articulating religious and moral vision, illustrating the porous and dynamic boundary between myth and faith in nineteenth-century English literature.
목차
I. 서론 II. 브리지스의 『프로메테우스, 불을 준 자』 III. 홉킨스의 「안드로메다」 IV. 딕슨의 『마노』 V. 결론
키워드
브리지 스의 『프로메테우스불을 준 자』기독교딕슨의 『마노』그 리스 신화홉킨스의 「안드로메다」Bridges’s Prometheus the FiregiverChristianityDixon’s ManoGreek mythologyHopkins’s “Andromeda”
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]