John Donne’s Devotions upon Emergent Occasions X: A Spiritual Diagnosis of Degeneration and Its Remedy

유지애,Jie-Ae Yu 한국영미어문학회 2015 영미어문학 Vol.- No.117

The main purpose of this article is to examine how John Donne’s prose, D evotions upon Emergent Occasions X , manifests his unswerving investigation into the deterioration of the world and human beings, and concurrently the feasible solutions for its regeneration. I n his initial writings of the 1590s and early 1610s, D onne was concerned with giving forth the precise examples of corruptions deeply ingrained in individual, political, social, religious, and legal domains. D evotions upon Emergent Occasions X , composed during the author’s later period in 1623, points up human decay among the other 22 chapters of the same work. Chapter X , however, greatly elaborates on the way by which the phenomena of degeneration germinate and henceforth develop. Furthermore, the writer meditates on how to confront and solve the fatal problem of declination by turning to religious perception and awakening.

John Donne’s Manifestations of The Confessions: “Holy Sonnets” 7, 9, 11, and Devotions upon Emergent Occasions IX

유지애 ( Jie-ae Yu ) 대한영어영문학회 2015 영어영문학연구 Vol.41 No.2

This article aims to explore how John Donne manifests the main conceptions of The Confessions of St. Augustine in his divine poetry and prose, especially “Holy Sonnets” 7, 9, 11, and Chapter 9 of Devotions upon Emergent Occasions. In his sermons, Donne proclaims his sincere admiration for St. Augustine’s religious life and writings. Numerous textual evidences of “Holy Sonnets” and Devotions upon Emergent Occasions clearly reveal Donne’s considerable references to St. Augustine’s prominent ideas in The Confessions. Despite the similarities, Donne simultaneously endorses the speakers’ strife with converting to devout believers in the ordinance and mercy of God, while featuring their sense of guilt and precarious attitudes. (Changwon National University)

Matthew Arnold’s “Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse”: Instability of Religious Selfhood and Boundary of Action

Yu, Jie-Ae(유지애) 새한영어영문학회 2019 새한영어영문학 Vol.61 No.4

This article examines how Matthew Arnold’s “Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse” derails the traditional form of elegy by portraying thematic concerns such as the crisis of religious identity and the difficulty to take an action for its solution. “Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse” focuses on the speaker’s pilgrimage to a seclusive residence of the monastery and conveys the writer’s considerations of the prevalent problem of his age. Whereas traditional elegies chiefly deal with the dead as their main subject, Arnoldian elegy accentuates the loss of both faith and sentiment of grief which, he believes, is necessary for recognizing the serious condition of the era itself. In addition, the author accentuates the protagonist’s struggle with solving matters like despair and a sense of ennui. The article unfurls the surrounding landscape of the monastery where the speaker articulates his internal bereavement and simultaneous recognition of its apparent irresolvable boundary.

논문 : 『베오울프』에 암시된 다양한 기독교적 의미들에 대한 탐색

유지애 ( Jie Ae Yu ) 한국문학과종교학회 2012 문학과종교 Vol.17 No.1

본 논문의 목적은 고대 영시 작품들 가운데 주로 영웅서사시로 논의되어온 『베오울프』가 기독교적인 여러 의미와 특성을 어떻게 복잡미묘하게 나타내주고 있는가를 구체적으로 고찰하는데 있다. 이 주제를 다룸에 있어서 작품 속에 등장하는 인물들이 신(God)의 존재를 어떤 식으로 인식하고 있으며, 또한 이들이 처한 여러 구체적인 상황과 계획들 속에서 신의 권능과 활동에 대하여 어떠한 식으로 반응하는가에 대해서 초점을 두고자 한다. 이 작품의 여러 부분들이 기독교적인 특징을 잘 보여주고 있는데, 『베오울프』 작가는 이 작품의 주인공뿐만 아니라 비오(Beow)와 흐로드가(Hrothgar)롸 같은 등장인물들의 신에 대한 인지를 통해서도 그의 기독교적인 사상을 잘 드러내주고 있다. 시인은 각 등장인물들의 고유한 종교적 체험과 표현들을 토대로 해서 주요한 모티프를 나타내고 있는데 그것은 바로 신이 창조자, 조력자, 보호자, 모든 섭리의 주관자이며, 아울러 자비를 주는 근원적이 존재라는 것이다. 등장인물들은 신의 존재에 대한 이러한 인식뿐만 아니라 신에 대한 역동적인 태도를 보여주고 있다. 이는 그들의 삶과 우주를 지배하는 이는 다름 아닌 신이라는데 대한 확고한 믿음에 그 토대를 두고 있다. 이러한 태도를 다룸에 있어서 『베오울프』 작가는 등장인물들이 신의 절대적인 권능에 대한 흔들림 없는 신뢰와 희망을 갖고 있음을 강조하고 있다. 이는 영국의 고대 앵글로 색슨 시대에 있었던 수많은 전쟁과 분쟁의 소용돌이 속에서 그들이 직면한 곤경 속에 신의 존재가 얼마나 본질적인 역할을 하고 있는가를 역설해주고 있는 것이다. The purpose of this article is to depict how Beowulf exhibits the complex strata of Christian resonations, especially through the characters` various perceptions of the identity of God and their vigorous trust in the power and workings of the Absolute Being in their particular circumstances and enterprises. A number of textual evidences in the poem clearly indicate that the writer propounds his Christian concerns not only through the protagonist Beowulf but also via minor figures such as Beow and Hrothgar. On the basis of the unique, individual articulations and experiences of these key characters, the poet deploys a thematic motif ― their awareness of the distinctive features of God as a creator, helper, protector, judge, and the giver of benevolence. In addition, their vibrant response to God consists in their relentless belief in His providence over their own lives and the Universe. In dealing with this matter, the Beowulf-poet accentuates the characters` credence to His dominance and substantial impact on their predicaments during the turbulent period of conflicts and battles in Anglo-Saxon England.

Shakespeare and the Romantic Theater

Jie-Ae Yu(유지애) 한국셰익스피어학회 2003 셰익스피어 비평 Vol.39 No.3

낭만주의 시대의 극 무대는 엘리자베스 및 자코비언 시대에 성행했던 극 무대의 영향을 많이 받았으며, 관객을 자극하고 흥미를 유발시키는 것을 중심으로 하는 무대 상에서의 외적인 극적 표현을 중요시하였고, 또한 멜로 드라마적인 요소가 강했다는 것이 특징이다. 셰익스피어의 극은 이러한 낭만주의 시대의 극 무대에서 도덕적, 극적으로 중요한 위치를 차지하였으며, 낭만주의 시대의 대표적인 작가들인 코울리지(S. T. Coleridge), 해즐릿(William Hazlitt), 램(Charles Lamb), 키이츠(John Keats)와 바이런(Lord Byron)을 비롯하여 당대의 문학 비평가들은 셰익스피어의 극이 당시의 무대에서 어떻게 상연되고 있는지에 큰 관심을 갖고 있었다. 이러한 사실은 그들이 쓴 산문 작품에서 잘 드러나고 있다. 본고에서는 위에서 언급한 주요 작가들이 쓴 작품을 토대로 이들이 당시의 극 무대에서 공연되었던 셰익스피어 극에 대해 어떠한 시각을 갖고 있었으며, 특히 셰익스피어의 극이 무대에서 상연되는 것과 작품으로 읽혀지는 것에 대해서는 어떠한 관점을 갖고 있었는지 살펴보도록 한다. 또한 이러한 태도들이 당대의 극 무대에 대한 이들의 태도와 어떠한 관련이 있는가와 자신들의 드라마 비평 형성에 어떠한 영향을 미쳤는지에 대해서도 고찰해 본다.

Edward Young’s Night Thoughts Ⅲ and John Donne’s The First Anniversary : Some Points of Contact

Yu, Jie-Ae(유지애) 새한영어영문학회 2021 새한영어영문학 Vol.63 No.1

This article investigates how Edward Young reuses John Donne’s 1611 poem The First Anniversary in the third part of Night Thoughts (1742). Young creatively reshapes the latter’s work in light of structural pattern, characterization, and thematic concerns. Donne’s deep reflections on the virtue of the dead and his awareness of its opposite tainted features of this world motivate Young to conceive similar ideas. However, due to Young’s intention to scrutinize a variety of the internal facets of human virtues and infirmities. he creates multiple characters such as Narcissa, Philander, and Lorenzo in contrast with Donne’s portrayal of a single figure in The First Anniversary. The paper also examines how Young incorporates his prominent consideration of contemporaries’ need to meditate on the intangible world after death whilst preoccupied with materialistic comprehension of the universe and pursue sensual ways of life.

Lord Byron's The Giaour : Perceptions of Sin, Fate, and Willpower

Jie-Ae Yu(유지애) 새한영어영문학회 2009 새한영어영문학회 학술발표회 논문집 Vol.2009 No.5

“The world is full of strange vicissitudes”

Yu, Jie-Ae(유지애) 새한영어영문학회 2018 새한영어영문학 Vol.60 No.1

The purpose of this article is to investigate how Byron’s Don Juan II-IV show the subtle and complex layers of man’s freedom of will in the protagonist and other main characters such as sailors, Haidee, and Lambro under the diverse vicissitudes of their circumstances. Focusing on the shipwreck and Haidee episodes, represented through the three Cantos of Don Juan, the paper examines the multiple facets of their strong wishes in responding to the whimsical and uncontrollable ambiences. It contends that most critics have overlooked the multifaceted features of their volitions, which Byron contrives to unfold in the procedure of disclosing their pursuits of intense aspirations. A number of textual evidences indicate that the poet vigorously embodies the multiple aspects of their free choice. He features not only the vigor of human willing, but also its ironic boundaries, which the characters reveal while coping with the varied mutability and turbulence of their unanticipated surroundings.

"Silence, but not submission": Unfolding Characters` Perceptions of Distress, Death, and Forbearance in Byron`s Parisina

유지애 ( Jie Ae Yu ) 한국현대영어영문학회 2011 현대영어영문학 Vol.55 No.1

The purpose of this article is to investigate how Byron`s Parisina features the perceptions of Parisina and Hugo about their distress and frustration of life brought about by the repercussion of their fatal, forbidden love. The poet intensifies the dynamic procedure in which they confront the irresolvable human issues of suffering, fate, and mortality with silence and stoic fortitude. The two characters commonly exert their unrelenting, indomitable spirit in encountering the suffering and agony imposed by the consequence of their irrevocable flaw in a conventional moral sense. The paper examines their reticent yet vigorous resistance to the agonizing situation which can tempt them to succumb to their weakness in undertaking the inevitable result of pain and death necessitated by their blemish in a conservative society. In addition, the article incorporates another remarkable figure Azo, exploring his complex personality which embodies the silent, imperturbable way of responding to the internal burdens caused by his turbulent experience of the catastrophic family affair.

Unfolding Perceptions of Exile, Loss, and Spiritual Reinforcement in The Seafarer

유지애 ( Jie-ae Yu ) 대한영어영문학회 2011 영어영문학연구 Vol.37 No.1

The main purpose of this paper is to examine how The Seafarer, an Old English elegiac poem, embodies the speaker’s contemplations on the repercussion of his mournful experiences caused by exile and bereavement during his sea journey. The article also investigates how he turns to procreate a vibrant reaction to these morbid occurrences at the present time. Numerous textual evidences reveal his unswerving eagerness for overcoming the grief-stricken circumstances with wise acceptance. In this sense, the poem features a symbolic journey of the Seafarer, which connects with a mental procedure of undertaking his hardships taken from the separation from his comrades and the loss of his previous rest and glory. In spite of this distinctive elegiac motif, other textual instances, simultaneously, demonstrate the speaker’s vigorous response to such depressing mood. He expands his distressful view of the vicissitudes of the world into a dynamic, firm belief in the religious realm of permanence, hence regenerating his spiritual vitality and reinforcement. (Changwon National University)