To Live is to See : Images of Artists in Henry James An Images of Artists in Henry James

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this thesis is to observe Henry James' life as an artist through analyzing Americans' attitudes to European life in his works. Americans staying in Europe may be sorted into three categories; Americans who want to see and take direct participation in life, Americans who refuse to see and try to get from life, and Americans who want to see but renounce to take direct participation in life.
Americans who want to see and take direct participation in life are seen through all his works, particularly in his early works. They have a great expectation for Europe. For them, Europe is a land of experiences and knowledge. But in fact they are killed or victimised by the new rich experiences of life for they rare too innocent and have dull perception and poor vision.
In contrast with these Americans there are another Americans who are disinterested in European life and pursue nothing. They disapprove of European life and refuse to see and even try to get from it. They regard Europe only as a play ground or toy. These Americans have no vision and perception but their Puritan consciences, which is confirmed by their artistic ignorance. James thinks they are worse than useless.
The third categories of Americans are the characters who want to see eagerly, but renounce to take direct participation in real life. They are immensely interested in everything. They see, feel and inquire. For them, to live is to see, and art deals with what we see; They get gradual change and development of their old American vision and the freedom of life in Europe.
James treasure vision and perception most in his life. He thinks to retain finer vision, it is essential to renounce direct participation in life. There are recurrent images of artist who is looking down life from the window or balocony or who is meditating life on a bench in the garden. These are images of artists in Henry James.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 緖論
• Ⅱ. 情熱的인 삶
• Ⅲ. 情熱없는 삶
• Ⅳ. 鑑識과 洞察의 삶
• Ⅴ. 結論
• 藝術家로써의 James의 삶