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| 作者Author / Thomas Kinsella 湯瑪斯 金瑟勒 |
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Survivor
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Thomas Kinsella
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In Thomas Kinsella's " Survivor," he creates a new Irish myth with elements of the Bible, Irish ancient myth and history.
How do these elements interweave in Kinsella's "Survivor"? How do these fragments of verse in "Survivor" interact
with the continuity of Irish history? What is the difference between Kinsella's modern Irish myth and Yeats' redaction
of the traditional Irish myth? |
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I. Biblical Allusions and Irish Myth are recurring in Thomas Kinsella's " Survivor."
A. The recurring Biblical allusions appear in the poem " Survivor."
1. The "mountain" reveals its meanings in the first sequent of the poem.
2. The Deluge presents the similarities of the story of Noah and the speaker.
3. The thief-imagery refers to the speaker's hope for the salvation from God.
B. The Irish mythic character dominates and manipulates in the poem "Survivor. "
1. The voice of the poem changes from the third person to the first person.
2. The speaker/ protagonist is similar to the Biblical character Noah.
II. The recollection of Irish history in Thomas Kinsella's " Survivor"
A. The scene of the founding of Ireland appears in the Irish pre-history and "Survivor."
B. The scene of series of invasions and the state of colonization recur in "Survivor."
C. The scene of Irish Famine after becoming the English colonization represents in the fragments of "Survivor."
III. How and what Yeats has influenced on modern Irish poetry? How and what Kinsella creates a modern Irish myth
in the poem "Survivor"?
A. Yeats' influence on the development of modern Irish poetry and how Yeats utilizes the "Irish tradition"
as material in his poetry?
B. With references of Bible and The Book of Invasions, Kinsella correlates the two coexisting myths and redact
as his own modern Irish myth. What is the difference between Kinsella's and Yeats' perspectives of creating
modern myth?
C. The re-interpretation of Paradise/ Eden parodies the ideal and romantic concept of myth. The depiction of
the groaning and the despair in the wasteland represents the situation of modern Ireland. |
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