"L`Allegro" 와 "Il Penseroso" : 詩神과 쟝르 Muses and Genre = "L`Allegro" and "Il Penserso"

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Milton's twin poems, "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso", have been much discussed in the light of a variety of taditions-the academic prolusion, the rural excursion, and the argumentative debate-, but their basic relation with classical genre has not been sufficiently noticed. Especially the identity of Mirth and Melancholy not only as classical goddesses but as two speakers' patron goddesses has been overlooked as interpretive guide to the meaning and connection of the companion poems.
Milton shows each different kind of genre in epitome by selecting as patroness for "L'Allegro" the most active and social of the 3 Graces, Euphrosyne, and as patroness for "Il Penseroso" the most remote and contemplative of the 9 Muses, Urania. Mirth inspires 'less serious genre' like the lyric, elegiac, and bucolic pastorals, while Melancholy inspires 'more serious genre' such as the intellectual and contemplative idylls. As the speaker of "L'Allegro" makes the whole world of comedy and romance appear in a single figure, Hymen, so the poet of "Il Penseroso" makes the world of Tragedy and Epic in a personified Tragedy.
In short, by means of a fusion of the world of classical mythology and the English landscape and social life Milton paints the portraits of the typical elegiac poet, who sings of love and wine, and the typical epic poet, who tackles higher themes and must lead a more ascetic life. The complex difference and similarity between the twin poems must be considered in this respect. Though Milton presents us two different accounts of poetical inspiration, there is no need to choose between the two and to favor the Muses above the Graces or vice versa.