W.B.Yeats의 반자아의 갈등에 관한 연구 = A Study on Anti-self in W.B.Yeats' Works

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In his work Mythologies, W.B.Yeats puts forward his most important views on what he thinks the standpoint of poets should be insisting that the anti-self found in heroes and saints can lead poets to the world of perfection. According to his idea, the other self, the anti-self or the antithetical self, comes to those who are no longer deceived, whose passion is reality. In his earlier poetry which shows a strong Romantic element Yeats tries to confess his very personal feelings rather than any serious conflicts which may be found in struggles on life or death. However, in his late works, we can see very dear distinguishing elements that are quite different
from those early ones. Those dealing with fundamental problems of life and poetry are shown in almost every major poem especially after his late marriage, which gave him a new insight on life. Yeats is very concemed with important functional elements which can separate poets from commonplace daily activities, and those elements are very closely related to self-denial or strict control of self. In Leda and the Swan which deals with a Greek myth, Yeats shows us how difficult it is to overcome our basic instincts and to get knowledge that is essential for accomplishing the poets' life-long purposes. In his most important poems the anti-self theme is repeatedly and successfully described with imaginative language and situations.