“시는 우리를 어떻게 치유해 왔을까?”: 미국 시 치료의 역사와 전망을 다룬 니콜라스 마짜의 『시 치료의 이론과 실제, 3판』』

Abstract

This book covers the long history and practice of poetry therapy in various fields in the U.S. Mazza expands on existing chapters and adds new chapters on COVID-19 and spirituality to introduce new trends in poetry therapy. He introduces the theory and various practices of poetry therapy, and his model of poetry therapy is called RES Model. R stands for the receptive/prescriptive component, and E stands for the expressive/creative component. Finally, S represents the symbolic/ceremonial component. Based on this RES model, Mazza describes how he has used a variety of carefully selected poems to heal different age groups and populations, and provides examples of what poems were used during the healing sessions. This book traces the history of poetry therapy in the United States over time, including the long history of the National Poetry Therapy Association and its past conferences, a survey of Americans about poetry, the “22 most used poems” in poetry therapy, and activities related to poetry therapy. In addition to introducing Mazza’s book, I introduced recent activities of literary therapy societies in South Korea and suggested ways in which English literature scholars can contribute to poetry therapy, including introducing Korean poetry abroad and translating poetry therapy texts and theoretical works. Mazza concludes his book by discussing the prospects for the field of poetry therapy, suggesting that poetry therapy will be further developed through interdisciplinary research. This book will play a meaningful role in the further development of interdisciplinary poetry therapy research and practice in Korea.