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A Psychoanalytic Comparative Study on Lawrence’s “Snake” and Bishop’s “The Fish”

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 19 Sayı: 1, 224 - 234, 30.06.2025
https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1574517

Öz

D. H. Lawrence’s “Snake” and Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Fish” are two important poems which reflect the poet’s connection with nature by employing psychoanalytical theory. These poems are studied to discover basic psychological problems in the poets’ subconscious minds. Lawrence’s meeting with the snake symbolizes challenges against his excessive desires and constantly changing mind. He can obtain the real essence of life only through his deep journey into his inner self. Similarly, Bishop’s initial encounter with the fish foreshadows her adventure towards self-realisation. She can travel in her subconscious world to discover the disordered parts of her life that lead her to mental trauma. The present study searches for the themes of suppression, desire and transformation of both poets by using Freudian understanding of psychoanalytic theory. In other words, the paper highlights the poets’ distinct endeavours to meet the unconscious and how their changeable psychology affects the mood of their selected poems. Both poems touch upon similar themes, and their divergent ways of approaching the unconscious mind reveal a distinctive understanding of human psychology. In this respect, the article seeks to uncover the symbolic implications of the animals and search how the poets’ inner conflicts are demonstrated through their encounters with them.

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No.

Kaynakça

  • Ağır, B. (2022). “Animal Subjectivity and Ethics of Care: Human-Nonhuman Relations in Doris Lessing’s On Cats.” Ideas: Journal of English Literary Studies, 2.1: 29-44.
  • Becket, F. (2002). The Complete Critical Guide to D. H. Lawrence. Routledge.
  • Bishop, E. (2011). “The Fish.” Poems. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, pp. 43-44.
  • Brenner, C. (1974). An Elementary Textbook of Psychoanalysis. Doubleday.
  • Costello, B. (1991). Elizabeth Bishop: Questions of Mastery. Harvard U. P.
  • Freud, S. (1935). A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis. Trans. Joan Riviere. Liveright
  • Freud, S. (1955). “Beyond the Pleasure Principle.” Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Group Psychology, and Other Works. The Hogarth Press, pp. 7-58.
  • Freud, S. (1963). Character and Culture (Philip Rieff, Ed.). “Psychoanalysis”. Collier.
  • Freud, S. (1965). The Interpretation of Dreams. Avon.
  • Freud, S. (1973). Studies on Hysteria. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud. Ed. James Strachey. Hogarth Press.
  • Hegel, G. W. F. (1967). The Phenomenology of Mind. (Trans. J.B . Baillie). Harper.
  • Hinsie, L. E., & Campbell, R. J. (1970). Psychiatric dictionary (4th ed.). Oxford U. P.
  • Hoffman, F. J. (1957). Freudianism and the Literary Mind. Louisiana U. P.
  • Jackson, L. (2000). Literature, Psychoanalysis and the New Sciences of Mind. Pearson Education.
  • Jarrell, R. (1946). “On North & South”. L. Schwartz and S. P. Estess, ed(s). Elizabeth Bishop and Her Art, 1983. The University of Michigan Press.
  • Keese, A. (2012). “Pansies: Lawrence's Search for the Animal Other in Humans.” D. H. Lawrence Studies: pp. 135-152.
  • Keith B. (1996). A Practical Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism. Longman Publisher.
  • Lawrence, D. H. (1988) “The Reality of Peace”. Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays. Edited by M. Herbert. Cambridge University Press, pp. 27-52.
  • Lawrence, D. H. (2002). “Snake”. The Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence. Edited by D. Ellis. Wordsworth, pp. 282-284.
  • Parker, R. D., Edward B., and Cary N.(2004). “Elizabeth Bishop.” Modern American Poetry. University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne.
  • Pinto, V. S. (1993). “D. H. Lawrence: Poet without a Mask”. Complete Poems by D. H. Lawrence. Ed. Vivian De Sola Pinto and Warren Roberts. Viking, pp. 1-21.
  • Retief, F. P. and Cilliers, L. (2002). "Snake and Staff Symbolism, and Healing." South African Medical Journal 92.7: 553-556.
  • Rohman, C. (2009). Stalking the Subject: Modernism and the Animal. Columbia U. P.
  • Thurschwell, P. (2000). Sigmund Freud. Routledge.
  • Tyson, L. (2006). Critical Theory Today: A User-Friend Guide. Garland Publishing. Inc.

Lawrence’ın “Yılan” ve Bishop’ın “Balık” Şiirleri Üzerine Psikoanalitik Karşılaştırmalı Bir Çalışma

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 19 Sayı: 1, 224 - 234, 30.06.2025
https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1574517

Öz

D. H. Lawrence’ın “Yılan” ve Elizabeth Bishop’ın “Balık” şiirleri, şairlerin doğayla kurdukları bağlantıyı psikanalitik teori aracılığıyla yansıtan iki önemli yapıttır. Bu şiirler, şairlerin bilinçaltı zihinlerindeki temel psikolojik sorunları keşfetmek amacıyla incelenmiştir. Lawrence’ın yılanla karşılaşması, aşırı arzularına ve sürekli değişen zihinsel durumuna karşı bir meydan okumayı sembolize eder. Yaşamın gerçek özüne, ancak içsel benliğine yaptığı derin bir yolculukla ulaşabilir. Benzer şekilde, Bishop’ın balıkla ilk karşılaşması da kendini gerçekleştirme sürecinin habercisidir. Bilinçaltı dünyasında yaptığı yolculuk sayesinde, hayatındaki zihinsel travmalara neden olan düzensiz parçaları keşfedebilir. Bu çalışma, Freud’un psikanalitik teorisi çerçevesinde her iki şairin baskı, arzu ve dönüşüm temalarını incelemektedir. Başka bir deyişle, makale, şairlerin bilinçaltlarıyla yüzleşmek için gösterdikleri farklı çabaları ve değişken psikolojilerinin seçilen şiirlerin ruh halini nasıl etkilediğini ortaya koymaktadır. Her iki şiir de benzer temaları ele almakta ve bilinçaltına ulaşmanın farklı yolları aracılığıyla insan psikolojisine dair çeşitli anlayışları gözler önüne sermektedir. Bu bağlamda makale, hayvanların sembolik anlamlarını açığa çıkarmayı ve şairlerin içsel çatışmalarının hayvanlarla karşılaşmaları aracılığıyla nasıl dışa vurulduğunu araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır.

Etik Beyan

Ethical Approval is not required.

Destekleyen Kurum

No.

Proje Numarası

No.

Kaynakça

  • Ağır, B. (2022). “Animal Subjectivity and Ethics of Care: Human-Nonhuman Relations in Doris Lessing’s On Cats.” Ideas: Journal of English Literary Studies, 2.1: 29-44.
  • Becket, F. (2002). The Complete Critical Guide to D. H. Lawrence. Routledge.
  • Bishop, E. (2011). “The Fish.” Poems. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, pp. 43-44.
  • Brenner, C. (1974). An Elementary Textbook of Psychoanalysis. Doubleday.
  • Costello, B. (1991). Elizabeth Bishop: Questions of Mastery. Harvard U. P.
  • Freud, S. (1935). A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis. Trans. Joan Riviere. Liveright
  • Freud, S. (1955). “Beyond the Pleasure Principle.” Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Group Psychology, and Other Works. The Hogarth Press, pp. 7-58.
  • Freud, S. (1963). Character and Culture (Philip Rieff, Ed.). “Psychoanalysis”. Collier.
  • Freud, S. (1965). The Interpretation of Dreams. Avon.
  • Freud, S. (1973). Studies on Hysteria. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud. Ed. James Strachey. Hogarth Press.
  • Hegel, G. W. F. (1967). The Phenomenology of Mind. (Trans. J.B . Baillie). Harper.
  • Hinsie, L. E., & Campbell, R. J. (1970). Psychiatric dictionary (4th ed.). Oxford U. P.
  • Hoffman, F. J. (1957). Freudianism and the Literary Mind. Louisiana U. P.
  • Jackson, L. (2000). Literature, Psychoanalysis and the New Sciences of Mind. Pearson Education.
  • Jarrell, R. (1946). “On North & South”. L. Schwartz and S. P. Estess, ed(s). Elizabeth Bishop and Her Art, 1983. The University of Michigan Press.
  • Keese, A. (2012). “Pansies: Lawrence's Search for the Animal Other in Humans.” D. H. Lawrence Studies: pp. 135-152.
  • Keith B. (1996). A Practical Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism. Longman Publisher.
  • Lawrence, D. H. (1988) “The Reality of Peace”. Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays. Edited by M. Herbert. Cambridge University Press, pp. 27-52.
  • Lawrence, D. H. (2002). “Snake”. The Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence. Edited by D. Ellis. Wordsworth, pp. 282-284.
  • Parker, R. D., Edward B., and Cary N.(2004). “Elizabeth Bishop.” Modern American Poetry. University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne.
  • Pinto, V. S. (1993). “D. H. Lawrence: Poet without a Mask”. Complete Poems by D. H. Lawrence. Ed. Vivian De Sola Pinto and Warren Roberts. Viking, pp. 1-21.
  • Retief, F. P. and Cilliers, L. (2002). "Snake and Staff Symbolism, and Healing." South African Medical Journal 92.7: 553-556.
  • Rohman, C. (2009). Stalking the Subject: Modernism and the Animal. Columbia U. P.
  • Thurschwell, P. (2000). Sigmund Freud. Routledge.
  • Tyson, L. (2006). Critical Theory Today: A User-Friend Guide. Garland Publishing. Inc.
Toplam 25 adet kaynakça vardır.

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil İngilizce
Konular Karşılaştırmalı ve Ulusötesi Edebiyat
Bölüm Makaleler
Yazarlar

Samet Guven 0000-0001-6883-5109

Proje Numarası No.
Erken Görünüm Tarihi 1 Temmuz 2025
Yayımlanma Tarihi 30 Haziran 2025
Gönderilme Tarihi 27 Ekim 2024
Kabul Tarihi 10 Mayıs 2025
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2025 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA Guven, S. (2025). A Psychoanalytic Comparative Study on Lawrence’s “Snake” and Bishop’s “The Fish”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 19(1), 224-234. https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1574517

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