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Variations on the Theme of Body Fluids:A Study of Blood, Tears and Amniotic Fluid in Yu Kwang-chung’s Poems

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2008, (16), pp.101-122
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2008..16.006
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Published : May 31, 2008

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ABSTRACT

This article explores the imagery of blood, tears and amniotic fluid in Yu Kwang-chung’s poems. These three kinds of imagery bring to light one of the poet’s themes - that of “separateness” and “togetherness”. The poet is loath to be separated and longs for togetherness. His longing for “togetherness” forges his memory and imagination of his mother, his childhood and scenes of his home and country, shaping a characteristic “maternal nostalgia”. When the poet yearns for his home and country through these images, he simultaneously seeks intensely the roots of life, revealing the many threads of thought within the individual reaching out for a higher philosophical level.

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