ON WAR POETRY: WILFRED OWEN VS. MEHMET AKIF ERSOY

Burcu KARADAŞ CAN

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ON WAR POETRY: WILFRED OWEN VS. MEHMET AKIF ERSOY

Authors:

Burcu KARADAŞ CAN

Publisher:

Inonu University

Journal:

İnönü University International Journal of Social Sciences (INIJOSS) 2015 Vol.4 Issue 2, pp.30-36

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2015

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000493666

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

2147-0936

pISSN:

2147-0936

Abstract:

 


 "War" means bargaining many innocent
lives away in an outrageous bloodbath for the benefit of God-knows-whom for the
ones who truly and closely have experienced it in the battlefield and it means
sacrificing a few with a just cause for the good of many for the ones who have
watched it in home fronts. These are the perspectives of English war poet
Wilfred Owen and Turkish war poet Mehmet Akif Ersoy respectively. Owen actively
participated in World War I (1914-1918) and witnessed the savagery and atrocity
of the war on the hot battle ground fighting for his life, which made him
realize the disparity between what is won and what is lost and question for
what cause they fight. On the other hand, Ersoy was a political and religious
figure during the Turkish Independence War (1919-1922), but he never actively
fought in a battle. Thus, his ideas about the war remained more idealistic and
hopeful about the future. 

 Their ideas and beliefs are reflected in their
poems concerning the important war of their times. Wilfred Owen sarcastically
criticizes the false assumptions and empty promises that are given to the
soldiers on the battlefield in his poems such as "Dulce et Decorum
Est" and reflects the brutal and apathetic side of the war. Whereas, Ersoy
in his poems such as Çanakkale Şehitleri'ne (To the 




Martyrs of Çanakkale) and
"Cenk Marşı" (Combat Anthem) encourages people to fight for their
nation and supports the idea of glorious death and divine cause which is the
very thing that Owen criticizes. 

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Article Details

ON WAR POETRY: WILFRED OWEN VS. MEHMET AKIF ERSOY

Authors: Burcu KARADAŞ CAN

Publisher: Inonu University

Journal: İnönü University International Journal of Social Sciences (INIJOSS) 2015 Vol.4 Issue 2, pp.30-36

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 11/2015

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000493666

Frequency: Bi-Annual

eISSN: 2147-0936

pISSN: 2147-0936

Issues

Authors:

Burcu KARADAŞ CAN

Publisher:

Inonu University

Journal:

İnönü University International Journal of Social Sciences (INIJOSS) 2015 Vol.4 Issue 2, pp.30-36

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2015

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000493666

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

2147-0936

pISSN:

2147-0936