밥 딜런에게 지속되고 있는 것들

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the constant, the continuing things in Bod Dylan. Many Bob Dylan studies have emphasized the variable as a kernel of Bob Dylan’s world. As they have pointed out, Bob Dylan has never stayed at a single plateau and ceaselessly flied from one place to other places like a nomad, which constructs Bob Dylan as a singular artist. As a matter of fact, Bob Dylan has ever defied any kind of attempts to fix or categorize him to a certain name or space. But if we can differentiate him from any other artists, there should be the constant, the identity to make Bob Dylan as Bob Dylan. Through the close reading of his texts, this paper finds out what has made Bob Dylan as a specific and unique artist. He has the constant though he is the artist of the variable. The constant in Bob Dylan are the social criticism and the Christian discourse. These two things have continuously constructed Bob Dylan’s art as singular and they have been intertwined not to be severed. And both levels or instances have been driven by a kind of utopian desire which has never stopped at a certain phase of development. This paper scrutinizes this aspect of Bob Dylan.