삶과 죽음, 그 어디에서도 만족을 찾지 못하는 영혼의 노래 —실비아 플라스의 『강을 건너며』에 수록된 「나무딸기 따기」에 대한 고찰
Song of the Soul that can be Settled neither in Life nor in Death —A Study on Sylvia Plath’s “Blackberrying” in Crossing the Water
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This paper discusses a significant poem composed by Sylvia Plath(1932-1963), which is titled "Blackberrying" included in her Crossing the Water. Plath's biography excites and stimulates our interests in the corpus of her works: the poet was born in Boston, Massachusettes to parents who valued educational pursuits of their children; she responded to her mother's expectation very well and studied at Cambridge; the poet married Ted Hughes but they separated after all; and she ended her life by placing her head in an oven. The knowledge of the unusual story of her life cannot be a sole reliable key to the understanding of Plath's poetry, but it certainly helps us to read it in more detail. Bearing the biographical notes in mind, this paper reads "Blackberrying" very closely and explores Plath or the poetic speaker's philosophical, existential wavering between life and death in the poem. Life and death were both enticing and frightening for Plath and therefore the poet was standing between the two extremes. In this paper we examine poetic symbols and imagery vividly expressed in "Blackberrying": the imageries of burnt paper, sea, hooks, the wind, blackness and death are dealt with in detail.
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This paper discusses a significant poem composed by Sylvia Plath(1932-1963), which is titled "Blackberrying" included in her Crossing the Water. Plath's biography excites and stimulates our interests in the corpus of her works: the poet was born in Boston, Massachusettes to parents who valued educational pursuits of their children; she responded to her mother's expectation very well and studied at Cambridge; the poet married Ted Hughes but they separated after all; and she ended her life by placing her head in an oven. The knowledge of the unusual story of her life cannot be a sole reliable key to the understanding of Plath's poetry, but it certainly helps us to read it in more detail. Bearing the biographical notes in mind, this paper reads "Blackberrying" very closely and explores Plath or the poetic speaker's philosophical, existential wavering between life and death in the poem. Life and death were both enticing and frightening for Plath and therefore the poet was standing between the two extremes. In this paper we examine poetic symbols and imagery vividly expressed in "Blackberrying": the imageries of burnt paper, sea, hooks, the wind, blackness and death are dealt with in detail.
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