체스와프 미워쉬의<사로잡힌 영혼>에 나타난 예술가의 네가지 유형과 강들구조 분석

Abstract

<The Captive Mind> is the most famous work by Czesław Milosz, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. It has been in print for nearly half a century. His book is simultaneously a memoir and a work of history, biography, political philosophy and literary criticism. The elements come together particularly well in the chapters about the lives of persons identified only as Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta. “It was only toward the middle of the twentieth century that the inhabitants of many European countries came, in general unpleasantly, to the realization that their fate could be influenced directly by intricate and abtruse books of philosophy”. Thats how this book begins, and it captures Miłosz’s major theme: the vast difference between “abtruse books of philosophy” and real human beings. In a series of connected essays, he studies that difference, and the ways in which people respond when they are forced to deny it. Most of the essays tell the stories of writers that Miłosz knew in Warsaw before the war, and the different routes they took to becoming instruments of communist propaganda. Of the other essays, the one most powerful to an American reader is “Looking to the West”, which starts with Miłosz being asked whether Americans are really stupid. The writing is beautiful and vivid. I highly recommend this book to anybody who dislikes the oversimplifications of ideology. <The Captive Mind> offers invaluable assistance to those who have been involved with a destructive cult, whether it be religious, political or psycho- therapeutic. The text gives former members indications of what to expect in recovery as well as practical assistance to cope with their recovery.