Topophilia is a frequent motif of poetic imagination in Yong-rae Park’s poems. He transforms topophillia into the following thriugh his works. Firstly, Park uses topophila to represent the desire for the ‘hometown’. Within his poems. Park presents the hometown as an ideal form that rests in his heart as a place of repose and tranqulity. Therefore, topophillia towards the ‘hometown’is eqivalent to the feeling of desiring an ideal. This is clearly seen in Park‘s poems such as ‘Rough drawing hometown’and ‘Pass by Non-san’. Secondly. Park uses topophillia as a historical symbol through the ‘Kye-ryong mountain.’Many of his poems are criticized as too personal. Still, from the topophillial perspective, his poems tend to embody much history and communal life. This is most clearly seen in his poems such as ‘Kye-ryong mountain’ and ‘Kun-san port.’ Thirdly. Park uses topophillia to present his personal lyrics represented as ‘Boo-so mountain.’ He often used a specific place as a medium to embody his personal sadness and native lyrics. This can be seen in poems such as ‘Marguerite’ and ‘O-ryu-dong‘s Coin.’ Fourthly. Park uses topophillia towards lonely living quarters such as the ‘outskirts.’He tried to uncovers poetic truth from the neglected outskirts rather than the fancy centers through his poems such as ‘The evening snow’ and ‘a foxtail.’ As such regional literature and topophillia are interlinked. Hence, regional literatures should actively produce works that are based on topophillia in order to establish the identity of respective regional literatures.
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