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This study explores the complex sensibilities in the poetry of T. S. Eliot, focusing on The Waste Land and Four Quartets, to examine how modernist techniques represent the fragmentation of modern consciousness. Adopting a qualitative textual analysis grounded in close reading and interpretive literary analysis, the study investigates how Eliot’s poetic strategies function within a modernist framework. Eliot’s work reflects the breakdown of unified sensibility and reveals an ongoing effort to reconcile intellectual thought with emotional experience. Through rapid associative shifts, ambiguity, paradox, and wit, he constructs a poetic language that embodies the discontinuity of modern life. His poetry is further characterized by dense symbolism, thematic compression, and extensive intertextual references, enabling the juxtaposition of diverse temporal, cultural, and spiritual dimensions within a single framework. While portraying fragmentation, Eliot simultaneously seeks coherence by integrating disparate elements. His concept of “pure” and “impure” poetry highlights the coexistence of philosophical depth and everyday experience. Moreover, his use of ambiguity and structural complexity invites active reader participation, encouraging multiple interpretations rather than fixed meanings. Pedagogically, Eliot’s poetry is valuable in EFL contexts, as it fosters close reading, critical thinking, and interpretive skills. By engaging with his texts, learners can better understand how poetic language conveys complex human experiences in modern literature.

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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1 Studies on Eliot’s Poetic Theory and Dissociation of Sensibility
2.2 Textual Analyses of Eliot’s Poetry
2.3 Studies on Literature Teaching in EFL Contexts
3. Sensibility in the Poetry of T. S. Eliot
4. Pedagogical Approaches for Teaching Modernist Sensibility in Eliot’s Poetry
5. Discussion and Implications for Literary and English Education in Korean University Contexts
6. Summary and Conclusion
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저자

• Goeun Jeong [ Mokwon University, Research Professor ]

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간행물

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• 간행물명

  언어학연구 [Journal of Linguistic Studies]

• 간기

  연3회

• pISSN

  1226-9859

• 수록기간

  1996~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 700 DDC 400