사오쉰메이(邵洵美)의『꽃 같은 죄악』속 데카당스 표현양상 연구― 에로티즘의 금기 속 위반의 욕망

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore how the decadence was expressed in『The Flower like Evil』, the second poetical work written by Shao Xunmei. Shao Xunmei had composed his poem based on literary tendency of the decadence writers in the western world he was infatuated with while studying in UK. His poetic expressions are strongly imbued with aesthetic and decadent characteristics of some writers including Baudelaire, Verlaine, Swinburne, and Oscar Wilde. All of them put high value on importance of absolute beauty, which are on the opposite side of the beauty that can be compared with religion or moral values. The ‘infringement’ of the morals, religion, and tradition which had been tabooed in traditional society and it was selected as a main way of his expression. And this ‘infringement’ was headed for the women. Most women expressed by the decadence movement artists in the western world were 'femme fatale.' They’re often portrayed from men’s perspective, easily putting focus on their sexuality. Shao Xunmei also displays erotic visualization of women in his poem. The sexual instinct is absolute purpose and unconditional desire for all human beings who are the only animals who indulged with it. But they have tabooed it traditionally. Shao Xunmei’s had taken erotic visualization of women who stimulates human instincts as a main way of expression in pursuit of sensual pleasure against the infringement of taboo which has been carried out. However, the decadence writers who emphasized femme fatale in the western world in the late 19th century could be explained as contemporary spirit of art in terms of culture. But it was not easily accepted in China and thus, Shao Xunmei found it difficult to be justified with his literary works in the literary world. Furthermore, the decadence movement artists in the western world attempted to take ‘decline’ and ‘downfall’, as key substances for the poem, from the meaning of appreciation and decadence while bringing the world of the beauty into a realm of futility. But Shao Xunmei’s poetic expression was limited with somewhat superficial interpretation, which is limitation of his poetry writings.