Wallace Stevens의 "중심 시" 연구 = A Study of Central Poetry in Wallace Stevens' Poetry

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The whole problem of Wallace Stevens concerns itself with the relation of imagination to reality. For Stevens, reality which is the impoverished external world appears as a threatening force to man's life. Imagination which is immanent in man is the most important power to press back against reality. Stevens emphasizes that man must create his own fictional world out of the worldly stuff through imagination.
The function and nature of "central poetry" and its relationship with the supreme fiction will be examined. "Central poetry" is the totality of all possible poems about reality.
It is, however, hard to prove the existence of it. It can be conceived in abstraction by the lover, 'the believer, and the poet' who are clairvoyant men. Though "central poetry" is a kind of abstract construct, it is not separated from reality, for it is based on the external world itself. Therefore, an exact perception of reality is needed to attain central poetry. "Central poetry" which holds reality and imagination in common is a notable form, "supreme fiction".