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The Uncertainty as the Healing Function in the Poetry of Robert Frost

프로스트 시에 나타나는 치유적 기능으로서의 불확실성

  • Kim, Kyoung-Soon (Dept. of International Language & Culture, Woosuk University)
  • 김경순 (우석대학교 국제언어문화학과)
  • Received : 2019.09.23
  • Accepted : 2019.12.20
  • Published : 2019.12.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the uncertainty as the healing function in the poetry of Robert Frost. One of the therapeutic functions in poetry therapy is to make us look into life from a new perspective, which appears in the uncertainty of his poetry. His uncertainty is based on his peculiar poetic theory and philosophy of dualism. This paper reviews these things and deals with aspects of the uncertainty in detail through his poems. The result of this study shows that Frost conveys elements of ambiguity, illogical development and unpredictability in our society and fear, loneliness and anxiety in our daily life, and also offers realistic depictions of complex life as a therapeutic medium for overcoming these problems. So it seems that his poetry provides us with a recovery of psychic health and a possibility of healing and personal growth. Furthermore we need a practical in-depth study on the healing function of English poetry.

이 연구의 목적은 프로스트 시에 나타나는 치유적 기능으로서의 불확실성을 고찰해 보는 것이다. 시치료에서 다루고 있는 치료적 기능 중 하나는 삶을 새로운 시각으로 바라보게 하는 것인데 프로스트 시는 이런 면을 불확실성으로 드러내고 있다. 프로스트의 불확실성은 그의 독특한 시론과 이원론 철학에 기초를 두고 있어 이 점을 연구하고 몇 편의 시 작품들을 통해 불확실성의 양상을 좀 더 구체적으로 분석하였다. 연구결과 프로스트는 시를 통해 우리사회가 지닌 비논리성, 애매성, 예측불가능, 그리고 일상에서의 두려움과 외로움과 불안을 드러내고 삶의 복잡한 문제를 있는 그대로 보여줌으로써 이를 극복할 수 있는 치유적 수단을 제시하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 불확실성을 담고 있는 프로스트의 시가 정신건강 회복과 치유와 성장의 가능성을 제공한다고 볼 수 있다. 앞으로 영시의 치료적 기능에 대한 실용적인 심도 있는 연구가 필요하다.

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