「청금석부조」의 “비극적 환희”와 불교

• 영문명: “Tragic Joy” in “Lapis Lazuli” and Buddhism
• 발행기관: 한국예이츠학회
• 저자명: 최희섭(Hie Sup Choi)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국 예이츠 저널』21권, 117~135쪽, 전체 19쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2004.06.30

국문 초록

It is well-known that Yeats had a very deep interest in the Oriental Thoughts throughout his life. In this paper, the focus is laid on his interest in Buddhism. Many of his friends and teachers, such as George Russel, Edward Dowden, Madame Blavatsky, Shri Purohit and Mohini Chatterjee introduced Buddhism to him and their friendship were lifelong.This paper examines the relationship between “Tragic Joy” in his poem “Lapis Lazuli” and Buddhism. In a letter to Dorothy Wellesley, Yeats confessed that as the east has its solution, the westerners must raise the heroic cry. His confession implies his object is oriental solution or the solution in the viewpoint of the union of oriental thoughts and occidental thoughts.The main theme of the poem, “Lapis Lazuli” is tragic joy. The characters created by artists aren't afraid of death and play their roles to the end. Accomplishing their roles, they feel joy, though they know their roles are not reality and reality itself is empty. This attitude isn't different from that of Buddhism. Buddhism sees that the Reality itself is empty. Though artists realize nothing can last forever, they create artifacts and feel joy in repeated creation.It is certain that Yeats believes that the source of all the existing things is the mind. All the things in the world are reflection of the mind and emptiness itself. To realize this truth is tragic but to create again is a joy.

키워드

예이츠 불교 청금석 부조 비극적 환희 동양사상 W. B. Yeats Buddhism Lapis Lazuli Tragic Joy Oriental Thoughts