Heideggerian Space and Time in Ted Hughes’s and Allen Ginsberg’s Poems

The purpose of the present study is to explore the two concepts of time and space in postmodern lyric poetry of the two poets of the 1950s through the lens of the Heideggerian existential theory of time and space, which regards time as a horizon for understanding Being and distinguishes three differ...

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Main Authors: Abdolhossein Joodaki, Akram Ramezanzadeh, Fatemeh Etaat
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Published: University of Kurdistan 2024-10-01
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Online Access:https://cls.uok.ac.ir/article_63453.html
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description The purpose of the present study is to explore the two concepts of time and space in postmodern lyric poetry of the two poets of the 1950s through the lens of the Heideggerian existential theory of time and space, which regards time as a horizon for understanding Being and distinguishes three different types of space: (1) world-space, (2) regions, and (3) Dasein's spatiality. To fulfill this objective, some selected poems of the two poets, including Allen Ginsberg and Ted Hughes, were analyzed temporally and spatially. The findings suggested that the two poets tend to treat time and space existentially and reject eternality. It was revealed that they are existential poets whose existence is manifested in their quest for identity within the immediate world or the global world as well as their concerns for their homeland and ideals. In their poems, time and space are intermingled with Being and reflect each individual’s relationship with the world. The result of the analysis of poems showed that their poetry is not just the language of imagination and perception, but also the language of existence. The world is regarded as an existential space-time continuum and being-in-the-world is the fundamental ontological situation for Dasein. Accordingly, the world, like poetry, is a disclosure of things in nearness or distance, which matters to human beings
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spelling doaj-art-0b2020619f2f4355ac44432b6692c1922025-08-20T02:34:50ZengUniversity of KurdistanCritical Literary Studies2676-699X2716-99282024-10-01719511010.22034/cls.2024.140375.1419Heideggerian Space and Time in Ted Hughes’s and Allen Ginsberg’s PoemsAbdolhossein Joodaki0Akram Ramezanzadeh1 Fatemeh Etaat2 Associate Professor in English Literature, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, IranAssistant Professor in TEFL, Lorestan University, Khorramabd, IranM.A. in English Literature, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, IranThe purpose of the present study is to explore the two concepts of time and space in postmodern lyric poetry of the two poets of the 1950s through the lens of the Heideggerian existential theory of time and space, which regards time as a horizon for understanding Being and distinguishes three different types of space: (1) world-space, (2) regions, and (3) Dasein's spatiality. To fulfill this objective, some selected poems of the two poets, including Allen Ginsberg and Ted Hughes, were analyzed temporally and spatially. The findings suggested that the two poets tend to treat time and space existentially and reject eternality. It was revealed that they are existential poets whose existence is manifested in their quest for identity within the immediate world or the global world as well as their concerns for their homeland and ideals. In their poems, time and space are intermingled with Being and reflect each individual’s relationship with the world. The result of the analysis of poems showed that their poetry is not just the language of imagination and perception, but also the language of existence. The world is regarded as an existential space-time continuum and being-in-the-world is the fundamental ontological situation for Dasein. Accordingly, the world, like poetry, is a disclosure of things in nearness or distance, which matters to human beingshttps://cls.uok.ac.ir/article_63453.htmlheideggerpostmodern poetryspacetimeallen ginsbergted hughes
spellingShingle Abdolhossein Joodaki
Akram Ramezanzadeh
Fatemeh Etaat
Heideggerian Space and Time in Ted Hughes’s and Allen Ginsberg’s Poems
Critical Literary Studies
heidegger
postmodern poetry
space
time
allen ginsberg
ted hughes
title Heideggerian Space and Time in Ted Hughes’s and Allen Ginsberg’s Poems
title_full Heideggerian Space and Time in Ted Hughes’s and Allen Ginsberg’s Poems
title_fullStr Heideggerian Space and Time in Ted Hughes’s and Allen Ginsberg’s Poems
title_full_unstemmed Heideggerian Space and Time in Ted Hughes’s and Allen Ginsberg’s Poems
title_short Heideggerian Space and Time in Ted Hughes’s and Allen Ginsberg’s Poems
title_sort heideggerian space and time in ted hughes s and allen ginsberg s poems
topic heidegger
postmodern poetry
space
time
allen ginsberg
ted hughes
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