에밀리 디킨슨의 시에 나타난 카니발 전통: 그로테스크 특징들을 중심으로

Carnival Tradition in Emily Dickinson’s Poetry: Focused on Grotesque Characteristics

This study aims to reveal that the grotesque characteristics displayed in Dickinson’s poetry originate from the carnival tradition, as they parodize, deride and degrade Puritan theology or dominant reason. The study will first provide the grounds of why the author sees grotesque characteristics in Dickinson’s poems as carnival tradition. Then, it will provide cases of grotesque characteristics found in her poems. Lastly, the study will suggest that the grotesque characteristics are a form of indirect resistance to the value system in the religion of the era, embodying Dickinson’s sense of introspection and critical attitude against the problems of the reality.