• 영어영문학
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• 제58권6호
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• pp.1103-1117
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• 2012

This paper focuses on eighteenth-century English pastor, poet, and hymnist, Isaac Watts (1674-1748), a significant yet neglected nonconformist dissenter, who defines a public religion and transforms poetry as a new literary political genre. During England's post-Revolutionary religio-political turmoil, Watts's poem, "The Hurry of the Spirits, in a Fever and Nervous Disorders" (1734), deliberately engages in a methodical refusal to settle upon a single system of images or terms for describing or referring to the speaker's identity or situation. Watts's, literal and metaphoric, refusal to identify with one religio-political approach to nonconformist dissent has been the very point of criticism that not only undermines the poet's monumental work on hymns but also the lasting impact that the poet had upon England's national consciousness. This study, therefore, questions why the poet refuses to choose one ideal path in his pursuit for religious freedom and, further, analyzes how the hymn writer defends his demotic aesthetics. This paper investigates Watts's comprehensive and detailed formulation of what a secularized "social religion" should entail and, further, explores its beneficial role in the pursuit for society's peace. In contrast to Milton's apocalyptic vengeance, Watts's nonconformist goal seeks to balance and locate authority in the individual with the ancient ideal of a "sacred order" that is represented in "The Hurry of the Spirits" through the means of poetic imagination.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.586-593
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• 2018

1967년 뉴스릴의 탄생은 영화사에서 작은 혁명이었다. 뉴욕 뉴스릴은 1972년도에 제 3세계 뉴스릴이 되었다. 제 3세계 뉴스릴은 탄생의 목적을 '텔레비전 뉴스에 대한 대안의 제공'이라고 분명하게 명시하면서 제작시스템과 배급시스템의 변혁을 예고하였다. 제 3세계 뉴스릴에서 활동하던 크리스틴 최는 이후 그녀의 작품들을 통해 뉴스릴에서 제시하였던 정신을 계승하였다. 본 논문은 제 3세계 뉴스릴과 뉴스릴을 대표하는 크리스틴 최를 통해 뉴스릴집단의 생산양식과 스타일/미학을 이야기하고자 한다. 그들의 활동은 출발부터 정치적이었으며 논란을 일으켰다. 그들은 제작주체가 누구여야 하는지, 배급시스템이 어떠해야 하는지 고민했으며 치열한 논쟁을 통해 협업생산, 집단정체성 등을 획득하였고 그것이 그들 작업의 토대가 되었다. 크리스틴 최는 제 3세계 뉴스릴의 중심인물로서 그녀의 작품은 인종문제와 젠더문제에 집중하고 있다. 그녀의 작품은 언제나 정치적이고 동시에 역사적이다.

• 한국연극학
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• 제48호
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• pp.289-332
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• 2012

In this paper, based on the theory of performance studies and community-based theatre, I venture to explicate the socio-political significance of director Yim Jin-Taek's community-based performance called 'madanggut', which is heavily based on elements of indigenous culture. Yim's madanggut utilizes elements of indigenous cultures and searches for 'the Korean ethnic (arche)type' as 'the ideal Korean type' or 'genuine Korean-ness' for the reconstruction of 'the Korean ethnic community.' This paper interrogates the major task of Yim Jin-Taek's madanggut, which ideologically promulgates the idea of ethnocentric patriarchy supported by the traditional (mainly Confucianist) notion of 'community' - inquiring if this type of theatre can provide useful and practical prospects for imagining a more democratic and plural civilian society in Korea today, when the interaction of globalization, nationalism, regionalism, and localism simultaneously impact our everyday life and cultural identification. Regarding the recent global phenomenon of the resurgence of nationalism, I looked at madanggut's use of symbolic resources from the past for imaginative communal bonding as a nation. But, the claimed homogeneity of the national past by means of 'nation conflation' of different social groups is an illusionary conceptualization, and the national historiography silences memories of the marginalized groups and denies their histories. It is certain that in Korea nationalism has historically performed an important function during the colonization and democratization period. Nevertheless, as Yim's Nokdukkot realized, it cannot be overlooked that as a representative of 'the Korean ethnic community,' 'the protecting man/the sacrificial woman' is contradictory to the plural and lateral thinking of participatory democracy in community-building. It is time to think about a new political language that relates individuals to the community and nation. 'The ethnic type' cannot represent the whole nation and the members of the nation should be the examples of the community they belong to for a more democratic society. I have selected Yim's several community-based works mainly from the 1970s to the 1980s since the works provide grounding images, symbols, metaphors, and allegories pertinent to discussing how 'the Korean ethnic community' has been narrativized through the performances of madanggut during the turbulent epoch of globalization. I hope that this paper presents Yim's grounded aesthetics of community-based theatre with fully contoured critical views and ideas.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.83-91
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• 1999

19세기 말, 새로운 예술에 대한 열정은 유럽 여러 나라에서 다양한 형태로 발전 되었으며, 이들의 활동은 단지 예술 행위와 활동에 국한 되지 않은, 영국의 미술, 공예 운동과 같은 사회개혁의 실천적 성격을 강하게 띄기도 하였다. 이러한 분위기 속에서 비엔나는 유럽제국의 중심지로 성장하면서, 새로움에 대한 끊임없는 도전을 시도하는 은 예술가들의 중심 무대로 성장 할 수 있었다. 비엔나 아르누보 운동은 "모든 예술은 평등하다"라는 예술의 민주화 사상을 실천하려고 노력한 비엔나 분리파 등과 같은 선각자들과 이들이 활발히 활동 할 수 있었던 토양이 되어 준 비엔나의 정치, 경제, 문화적 배경으로 꽃 피울 수 있었다. 이들은 기계 기술문명을 거부하고 과거의 수공예적인 전통적 방법으로 희귀로 현실을 극복하고자 했던 미술, 공예운동 주의자 들과는 달리 기계 문명을 적극적으로 수용 함으로써 대량생산 시스템 속에서 새로운 형태 미학의 방향을 제시 하였다고 볼 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구의 목적은 세기 말 전 유럽을 풍미했던 아프누보의 물결 가운데 하나의 신양식 운동으로 그친 대부분의 나라들과 달리 근대 기계 미학의 기초가 되었던 비엔나 아르누보 운동을 당시 시대적 배경과 기엔나 아르누보 운동을 전개한 분리파 들의 활동등을 통하여 고찰해 봄으로써 그 의의를 찾아내는데 있다고 하겠다.다고 하겠다.

• 한국의상디자인학회지
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.43-54
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• 2002

Some factors had influence upon the grotesque image formation expressed in fashion: for instance, thanatos, religions, fin de siecle (end of the century), the aesthetics of ugliness, subculture group's resistance and technology development, etc. Those factors have formed a grotesque while exchanging influence each other, and have following features: First, the thanatos, which is destructive and aggressive instinct of the inner world of human being, creates frightening object and motif to form the images of grotesque. Second, from religious point of view, the church made the Devil a tool for maintenance of power: They manipulated physical body and give a damage to it to sublimate it in holy existence, so that they could feel catharsis. Third, there was fin de siecle (end of the century) to let people have negative life attitude, such as uneasiness on following century, eschatology, skepticism and nihilism, etc. Fourth, the ugliness having unpleasantness and disharmony occupies governing position when our society becomes corrupted and uneasy, and the aesthetics of ugliness discloses the inconsistency of ideal and beautiful life in the grotesque images. Fifth, subculture groups, i.e., the lower classes, homosexual and the youth's group, etc, form the grotesque images by political and ideological resistance, complaints and specific identity, etc concerning governing culture keeping traditional ethics consciousness. Sixth, recent technology development has destroyed a boundary between human being and machinery, and bio-technology development has created transplant operation, plastic operation and other human body transformation operations, and genome research, etc has raised human being's identity.

• 철학연구
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• 제123권
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• pp.87-110
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• 2012

본 논문은 그린버그, 카플란, 칼리니스쿠를 중심으로 반키치론을 비판적으로 검토한다. 이를 통해 반키치론이 이론적 실천적으로 정당화될 수 있는지를 탐구한다. 반키치론은 근대 미학에서 '예술' 개념의 내포적, 외연적 기준에 근거하여 키치를 비판한다. 이들은 키치가 사심 없는 즐거움의 대상이 아니라 쾌적함과 감상성을 추구하므로 나쁜 취미라고 간주한다. 그러나 반키치론의 기초 개념인 '사심 없는 즐거움'과 '미적 판단의 보편성과 필연성'은 문화중재자의 편향성을 가정한다. 또한 미적/반성적 예술과 쾌적하고/감상적인 키치 개념을 분류하는 기준은 모호하다. 반키치론자들은 개념 논증의 결함을 보완하기 위해 경제적, 정치적 논거를 추가한다. 이들은 키치의 미적 부절적성을 증명하기 위해 과시적 소비와 정치적 우민화를 키치 평가의 논거로 제시하지만, 변화하는 문화 환경 속에서 대중들의 요구가 반영된 다양한 양태의 키치를 공정하게 다루지 못한다. 결국 반키치론자들은 엘리트주의와 형식주의 미학만을 제한적으로 승인하면서 키치에 대한 폄하를 계속한다. 예술의 죽음 이후 포스트예술 시대의 변화된 문화적 실천은 키치에 대한 재평가와 더불어 대안적 대중 미학을 필요로 한다.

• 미술이론과 현장
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• 제9호
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• pp.7-31
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• 2010

In this paper, I examine the development of the second stage of Chicano muralism and compare it with the first stage of the Chicano Mural Movement that was born out of the Civil Rights Movement. I then discuss the different aspects of the first stage in relation to the birth of institutionalized public art and question how Chicano murals influenced public art and, conversely, how mainstream public art transformed some of the attitudes and practices of Chicano muralism. Chicano murals initially functioned as a political mouthpiece for Chicano's human rights and as a tool to recover the Chicano people's cultural pride and legacy. However, the murals gradually developed into public art projects supported by the city or federal governments, who regarded them as an economic way to effectively communicate with the community. In this process of institutionalization, muralists became increasingly concerned with aesthetic quality and began to work more systematically. For example, amateur artists or community participants who produced the earlier murals were transformed into mural experts. Chicano essentialism and the politically volatile themes used previously were phased out and the new murals began to incorporate diverse subjects and people, for example, native culture, Blacks, and women. This phenomenon reflected the changing emphasis on multicultural understanding. This kind of institutionalization did not always draw positive results. Inadequate funds were the primary concern over the actual subject and creation of the mural work. Artists reduced the strong political metaphors and aestheticized the mural forms. However, their work was productive as well: thorough research on wall conditions and painting techniques was conducted and new processes and designs were developed. This paper examines the murals created for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, Judy Baca's works, and the Balmy Alley Mural Environment project in San Francisco's Mission District. Works by Las Mujeres Muralistas in Mission District, in particular, show case colorful patterns and the Latin American indigenous culture, exploring new interpretations of old icons and design. They challenged the stereotypical depictions of females and presented alternative visual languages that revised the male-centered mural aesthetics and elaborated on the aesthetics of Rasquachismo.

• 복식
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• 제18권
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• pp.225-245
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• 1992

The button is a part of costume. But it has the symbolism of costume in itself and reflects the sociocultural phenomena. The purpose of this study is to clarify symbolism of button of eighteenth and nineteenth century which had been most popular. This study is based on the library research. Through this paper, I reached conclusions as follows. The symbolism of button is found in various ways. First, Aesthetics is found in material, color, design and type etc. of button. Especially Indian silver button of abstract type shows well distinctive aesthetics of Indians. Second, The material and the number of button vary with one's status and show off one's privilege. I England, there was the rule, in which the symbol of the King was a silver button with a figure of lion. The livery button represents his family to the nble and shows the meaning of obedience to the servant. Third, The button on uniform varies with ranks. This is prominent in a uniform of a soldier or a policeman. Fourth Material and craft of button show one's economic position. The button gives a Very good picture of what one's life was then. Precious button with gold, silver, and other jewels is an index to one's property. Fifth, The button of political event is used for election, which shows the face and the name of runner. Besides that, there were buttons designed for the flag or the slogan for political event. Sixth, The button of social event reflects a social phase of life in war or revolution, for example, it satirizes the burning of the Bastille in the French Revolution, or the taxpayer bearing the burden. Seventh, the buttons that symbolize a historic event are made to commemorante an epochal and critical occurrence or an important person's birth, death, visit to some place, etc., Eighth, there were well-known persons, for example, a president, a king, a queen, a singer, or an artist in the buton of personality. Nineth, The button of one's company shows one's community in figures or pictures, that is, this button is used as a symbol one's community. Tenth, The button varies with the development of science and technology. It gives a very good picture of what it was and what the technological level was. Eleventh, The buttons that symmbolize on occupation most impressively are uniform buttons. Symbolic marks related with a particular occupation are carved on the buttons of compary employees' uniforms. Twelfth, Various natural phenomena are designed to appear on buttons, Some express themselves simply as they are, and others appear as a symbolic form such as environmental relationship between men and nature, four seasons, a constellation and all other natural things occurring during a year. Finally, The button of rebus is a motto expressed by a combination with objects figures, letters, words, or phrases.

• 복식
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• 제61권7호
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• pp.35-50
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• 2011

In this study, repression of the body is defined as a restriction on natural developments or movements and a modification either temporarily or permanently of the human body in shape, color, texture and odor. In addition, it involves physical and (or) mental pain. Chinese foot-binding and the Western corset are extreme examples of female body's being repressed in the history of fashion. The analysis of this type of repression will be based on historical research and theoretical concepts such as Darwin's (1809-1882) survival condition, Freud's (1856-1939) renunciation of desire, Weil's (1909-1943) privilege, and Foucault's (1926-1984) L'Usage des Plaisirs(the use of pleasure). Chinese foot-binding symbolically represents ideal beauty, the distinction of an ethnic group, and a desire for improved social status in the struggle for political power. It also represents psychology and a esthetics of eroticism and fetishism that originate from a man's desire and his individual taste. Symbolically, the Western corset represents abundance and fecundity, obedience and devotion to religion, the sanctity of God and ideal beauty as defined by political power. It also represents psychology and aesthetics of eroticism and fetishism as man's desire and a fashion icon. In conclusion, Chinese foot-binding was pursuit of power in male ideology but Western corset was a power struggle between God and mankind.

• 한국연극학
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• 제52호
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• pp.159-188
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• 2014

Under the influence of postmodernism, modern writing tends to refuse an immediate conveyance of messages achieved by linear, unified writing. Such writing does not attempt any social participation and has no leading ethics, offering diverse perspectives. It simply relies on material property ignoring the 'here and now'. This discussion depends on the sensuous immediacy of works that are pure and uninterpretable, causing the "death of author" phenomena. Although the time was late, since the 1990s, discussion and work on deconstructive theater has been executed in the Korean theater world. This deconstructive work was achieved when lineal narratives were shattered through the shocking insertion of fragmentary episodes and imagery. Moreover, such plays were shocking presentations of severance in conversation; lack of communication; loss of pride and love; and a world devastated by violence and madness. In the 2000s, such a movement helped form a new paradigm in the theater through reinterpretation and parody of traditional dramas, while drawing general attention to postmodern theater. However, as the problems of postmodern theater are perceived through study, the limit of plays with a postmodern tendency is pointed out: such plays merely display 'deconstruction'. This thesis will examine reflective thought on postmodern theater seeking "deconstruction without alternatives" and the aesthetic concept of "le politique" by Jacques Ranciere. It will also look through the overlap of images as interval-estrangement, "lettre morte", and simulacre representing mise-en-scene aesthetics weaving "political writing". This study is meaningful in that it tries to extend the new aesthetic horizon of Korean theater, examining in 2009 and by Koh Sun-Woong in 2011, directed by Park Chung-Hee in 2010 and directed by Park Keun-Hyung in 2009.