A Study of Romantic Metamorphosis in Yi ChanGapsoon Heo
Abstract: This study examines the poetic transformation that reflects Yi Chan’s pessimistic romanticism and the powerful reality of the times. Analyzing the nature of pessimistic romanticism i...
A Study of Romantic Metamorphosis in Yi ChanGapsoon Heo
Abstract: This study examines the poetic transformation that reflects Yi Chan’s pessimistic romanticism and the powerful reality of the times. Analyzing the nature of pessimistic romanticism is to examine the essence of poetry and encounter a poet’s worldview. Through the period of Carp’s activities, the period of returning home, the period before and after liberation, and the period of adaptation to North Korea, he prefers the creative method of revolutionary romanticism. First, we will examine the background of the formation of pessimistic romanticism, and then examine Yi Chan’s early poetry and the transformation of his works before and after liberation. The pessimistic romance goes through a period of formation, expansion, deepening, and transition, and is hailed as a revolutionary poet in the North Korean system. The reason for recalling Yi Chan’s poetry in Korean contemporary history is because his gaze spanned both South and North Korea, his diversity of creative methods and his long surviving lives among North Korean poets vividly embody the tumultuous life of poetry. I will conclude the discussion with the hope that his status, which has been obscured by political reasons of the times, will be restored as a major player in the history of unification literature to be written in the future.
Key Words: Yi Chan, Pessimistic Romanticism, Shape Change, Reality and Perception of the Times, History of Unification Literature.