The Mythical Imagination and Femininity in the Contemporary Poetry of Korea and Mongolia
Myoung-hee Yi
Abstract
The comparative study of contemporary poetry in Korea and Mongolia is not begun yet, so it depends on Mongolia folklore or the study in linguistics. Especially, in the case of Mongolia, it is a little too much to the study of a heroic epic more than contemporary poetry, so then it is needed to introduce contemporary poetry and interpret. Nevertheless, S.Dulam, D. Chedeb, C.Daukdorjii and Sarolboing that was introduced in Korea shows the mythological discourse in the Mongolian traditional and imaginative faculty as the contemporary poets who are the representative of Mongolia. There are close ethnic and cultural relevance between Korea and Mongolia, so most of the point of poetry takes similar story telling; narrative and the mythical imagination. This article aims at examining a view of nature and femininity in the poems of contemporary women that is similar to the world of poetry in the three poetries including S.Dulam based on the mythical imagination, Namely, the contemporary women poets in Korea express ecological feminism as the mythical imagination. The maternal that represents femininity is spiritual home of man and the root of existence that man wants to go back ultimately. Therefore, femininity that appears commonly in contemporary poetry of Korea and Mongolia was presented the figure of maternal and the goddess of creation and healing We expect that ecological view based on the imagination of women’s myth may be the key for recovering the relationship between man and man, and between man and nature, which is exhausted by the industrial capitalism.
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How to Cite
Myoung-hee Yi (2011). The Mythical Imagination and Femininity in the Contemporary Poetry of Korea and Mongolia. IJCAS, Vol. 15, No. 1, .