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Renewed Discussion on ‘Femininity’ and Eco-feminist Significance of Lee Si-young's Poems

  • Korean Language & Literature
  • 2012, (83), pp.281-304
  • Publisher : Korean Language & Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Kim Ji Yeon 1

1제주대학교

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ABSTRACT

ThisstudyofLeeSi-young'scollectionofpoemsentitled“SilverWhistle"wasconductedusingafeministbias.Thecontentisasfollows. First,hispoemspresentsymbolicsuggestionstranscendingthedualityof ‘masculine'and‘feminine'spirituality.Sheddingnew lightonthemasculinity revealedinhispoemsenablesittobetracedbackto‘principlesofcaring.'Second,hispoemsshowsthepossibilityofhorizontalantropomorphism,which isconsideredaconceptofcoexistencebased on theeco-feminisit conceptoflifeinwhichallbeingsinaneco-system areentitledtoequality anddignity. Third,hispoemsprimarilyengageaconnotativepersonamostly.This connotativepersonashowsmoreempathytoobjectsinLee'sshortpoemsthan inhisproseversions.Ontheotherhand,inthepoet'sprosepoems,the connotativepersonahasarelativeobjectivityincomparisonwiththatfound in theshortpoems.Thisindicatesthathisprosepoemsintend tosend accuratemessagesratherthanfocusonexpressiveaspects. Asdiscussedinthisstudy,communionwithnaturalobjectsisnotbasedon thepeculiarityoriginatedfrom genderdifference.Onlythelevelofsincerity totheobjectiscrucial.Therefore,theperceptionthattherolesofmenand womenintheembodimentofeco-feminism arethesamemustbechanged,and theprejudiceof‘masculinity'and ‘femininity'eliminated.When the divisionsbetweenman andwomanandbetween natureandhumanare removed,aharmoniousworldwhichistheaim ofeco-feminism can be realized,asinLeeSi-young'spoems.

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