Articulating Exile, Bereavement, and Spiritual Enhancement in The Wanderer

Yu Jie-Ae(유지애) 새한영어영문학회 2011 새한영어영문학 Vol.53 No.2

The key purpose of this article is to investigate how The Wanderer, an Old English elegiac poem, epitomizes the protagonist’s reflections on his afflictive encounters with the repercussions of exile and bereavement necessitated by turbulent, tragic battles. Furthermore, the paper scrutinizes how he regenerates a vigorous, spiritual response to overcome these distressing ordeals of life during his sea voyage. Numerous textual evidences show his relentless search for undertaking his fated, grief-stricken circumstances with stoic forbearance and wise acceptance. Hence, the poem embodies an implicative, spiritual wayfaring of the Wanderer, which certainly features an internal procedure of forbearing the hard times imposed by both the separation and deprivation of his precedent exuberance and stability. Despite the recurring elegiac motif inherent in the poem, a number of other textual instances also reveal the Wanderer’s vibrant response to such a depressing mood, which enables him to bring forth an enhancement into his mind. He enlarges his despondent perspectives of the transitory facets of this world into an unswerving credence in the religious dimension of immortality, whereby exhilarating his spiritual vigor and reinforcement.

Byron`s Reworking of Thomas Campbell: Unfolding Gloom in Darkness

( Jie Ae Yu ) 한국영어영문학회 2012 영어 영문학 Vol.58 No.3

This article aims to investigate how Byron reworks Thomas Campbell`s The Last Man while contriving the various strata of distress and blackness in his 1816 poem Darkness. The author initially deploys the recurrent motif of the speaker`s perception of gloom and heavy heart in "My Soul is Dark" (1814), concentrating on the individual facets of pain and internal turmoil. The subsequent poem Darkness maintains the underlying theme of murkiness portrayed in the previous work, yet Byron propounds such a major poetic concern through a larger perspective of the universe and the multitude`s reactions to the dark, abhorrent circumstances. In dealing with this matter, Byron, who had a great admiration for Campbell among his contemporary writers, creatively adopts Campbell`s 1806 poem, The Last Man. The article examines how Byron`s poetic considerations rework Campbell`s text into Darkness by way of making his vigorous, creative elaborations on thematic motif, structural pattern, and diverse images. While exploring this subject, the article reverberates Byron`s other 1816 works in which he unveils his persistent reflections and psychological affiliations to desolation and distress.

Loss and the Ironic Consequences of Human Enterprises in Old English Poems

( Jie-ae Yu ) 현대영미어문학회 2011 현대영미어문학회 추계학술대회 발표논문집 Vol.2011 No.-

Byron and Christianity

( Jie-ae Yu ) 현대영미어문학회 2015 현대영미어문학회 추계학술대회 발표논문집 Vol.2015 No.-

Byron`s Don Juan VII-VIII: Characters` Diverse Attitudes toward Glory through War

( Jie Ae Yu ) 한국영어영문학회 2010 영어 영문학 Vol.56 No.3

The Ruin and Deor: Diverse Portrayals of the Vicissitudes of Life and Irony of Human Endeavor

Jie Ae Yu 한국현대영어영문학회 2009 현대영어영문학 Vol.53 No.3

Most literary scholars have paid little attention to the recurrent motif of the changeability of life and the ironic consequences of human efforts revealed in elegiac Old English poems, in particular, The Ruin and Deor. This paper aims to show how these works represent the speakers` observations and meditations on the irresistible aspects of loss and the uncertainty of human affairs. Their strong perception of the vicissitudes of worldly things leads them to undergo the fatal bereavement of man`s enterprises and achievements. By means of scrutinizing structure, imagery, and the speaker`s attitude and tonal complexity in the two poems, the article also intends to demonstrate how the speaker in each work articulates his agonizing awareness of the boundaries of man`s endeavors in his unique ways. (Changwon National University)

Byron’s The Siege of Corinth : Unraveling Characterization of Alp, Glorification, and Boundary of Human Enterprises

Jie-Ae Yu 한국영미어문학회 2018 영미어문학 Vol.- No.128

The main purpose of this article is to examine how Byron’s The Siege of Corinth embodies characterization of the Venetian renegade Alp, his entwined notions of glorification of himself and the Venetian colony Corinth, and the unanticipated trajectory of man’s endeavors. With reference to historical accounts of the Turkish capture of Corinth in 1715 after continual battles between the two sides, the writer’s imagination elaborates on words and actions of Alp, particularly his internal tribulation necessitated by contemplations into the justification of his defiant causes and rebellious deeds. The protagonist unfolds the encountering of his own moral dilemma confronted by clashing conceptions of fame and honor about himself, and the glory of his inborn country Corinth ruled by Venice. Byron’s creative poetic devices also incorporate new imaginary figures such as Francesca and her father, king Minotti of Corinth, whereby he puts forward the infidel’s inner agony and endorses the ironic boundary of one’s volition and a quest for its consequential undertakings.

Lord Byron’s The Corsair : The Embodiment of Man’s Resolution and Its Adverse Occurrence

Jie-Ae Yu 한국중앙영어영문학회 2015 영어영문학연구 Vol.57 No.2

The main purpose of this article is to examine Lord Byron’s The Corsair with regard to an intertwined relationship between the protagonist’s determination for completing his enterprises and the concurrent, irresistible occasion of distress caused by his imperative counterpart manifested as Seyd. A number of textual evidences reveal that the poet investigates Conrad’s mind, actions, and their irresolvable embroilment with their unavoidable adversity. The author investigates the protagonist’s complex posture to the incompatible, ironic domains existent beyond human pursuits and endeavors. The paper explores the way in which Conrad is bound up by the subtle layers of internal turbulence, for his concealment and repression of past wrongdoings bring forward his difficulty with exerting his power of resolution and decision in the process of confronting its opposing calamity.

John Donne’s Of the Progress of the Soul : Unfolding Contemplations on Death and a Spiritual Voyage to the Immortal World

Yu, Jie-Ae 한국중앙영어영문학회 2012 영어영문학연구 Vol.54 No.2

A number of John Donne’s prose and divine poems clearly enumerate his unswerving preoccupation with human mortality and the spiritual domain after death. Donne, installed Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in 1621, foregrounds such thematic concerns on the basis of his religious perspectives and attitudes. The Progress of the Soul—a commemorative verse for the death of Elizabeth Drury and written along with Holy Sonnets features his key subjects of man’s death and immortal soul after his bodily extinction. The main purpose of this paper is to examine how this poem embodies the transmigration of the soul after human mortality. The article investigates how the speaker unfolds his reflections on mortality, the human world, and the soul’s entering the imperishable realm beyond death. In dealing with this matter, the paper incorporates the author’s prose and other religious pieces of works which enrich his thematic ideas on the profound voyage of the soul into the spiritual haven after the physical demise of human beings.

Nature and Harold's Pursuit of Stoical Forbearance in Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Ⅲ

Yu, Jie-Ae 새한영어영문학회 2008 새한영어영문학 Vol.50 No.1

In Childe HaroId's Pilgrimage III, Byron's portrait of Harold concentrates on showing how the character develops a stoical attitude toward suffering, as he comes to terms with the frustrations of life brought about by his self-exile, alienation, failed love, and loss of fame and honor. As Byron outlines this mental journey, Harold's intense relationship with nature plays a crucial role in helping him to achieve his spiritual rebirth, Indeed, this relationship is made explicit in the poem, for Byron closely identifies Harold's spiritual pilgrimage with his appreciation of the vivacity of nature. This paper, therefore, will examine how Harold's mental and spiritual communion with nature contributes to his rediscovery of love and a sense of vigor in the midst of his present tribulations.