김기림, T. S. 엘리엇, 니체 - 김기림의 「아프리카 광상곡」과 엘리엇의 『황무지』에 나타난 니체의 영원 회귀 모티프 비교

초록

Kim Kirim who eagerly introduces the poems and poetics of Western literary modernism to the Korean literary academia among the Nine Members’ Group shows Nichean idea such as eternal recurrence and genealogy in his writings. This sort of the Nichean thought can be also revealed by a English modernist, T. S. Eliot whom Kim Kirim often refers to in his literary criticism on English Modernism. This article examines the Nichean thoughts shown in Kim’s early writings at first. Then, I will compare and contrast Kim’s idea of historical eternal recurrence shown in Kim’s poem “Africa Capriccio” with T. S. Eliot’s sense of history shown in The Waste Land. Both poems share the Nichean perspective of history and genealogy. Kim Kirim and other members of Nine Members’ Group, in particular, Chŏng Jiyong, Park Taewon, Yi Sang initially thematizes Nichean idea in their literary works. Kim Kirim is able to apply Nichean idea to his literary works based on his broad interest in the world everywhere as a newspaper reporter. Also, his academic career studying literary criticism at Nihon University in Japan provides him with the opportunity to understand Nietzsche and the contemporary Western literary modernism.