Samuel Taylor Coleridge'in şiirlerinde birey-doğa ilişkisi.

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Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2004

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Öğrenci: Reyyan Bal

Danışman: MARGARET JEANNE M. SÖNMEZ

Özet:

This thesis analyses the individual-nature relationship in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poems. It begins with an overview of Coleridge's inconsistent views on the subject, as reflected in his prose writings, and explains the personal reasons behind such inconsistencies. The thesis then asserts that despite the inconsonant views expressed in his prose writings, Coleridge's poems display a consistent view of the individual-nature relationship. According to this view, the relationship is constituted of three consecutive stages. In the first stage the individual passively perceives nature with his senses. When he ascends to the second stage, he forms spiritual unity with nature and becomes one with her. Finally, in the third stage, through the use of his imagination, he creates a new nature out of the one he has perceived. This view of the individual-nature relationship will be illustrated and exemplified through the analysis of the poems "The Eolian Harp", The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and "Dejection: An Ode".