“YOU AND I”: THE IDEA OF ONENESS WITH LOVE IN THE EARLY SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH POETRY AND THIRTEENTH-CENTURY ANATOLIAN SUFI POETRY

Meltem Can

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“YOU AND I”: THE IDEA OF ONENESS WITH LOVE IN THE EARLY SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH POETRY AND THIRTEENTH-CENTURY ANATOLIAN SUFI POETRY

Authors:

Meltem Can

Publisher:

Pamukkale University

Main Topics:

İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü | Karşılaştırmalı ve Ulusötesi Edebiyat

Journal:

Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi Issue 61, pp.247-256

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2024

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001313814

pISSN:

1308-2922

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Abstract:

 Early seventeenth-century English verse and thirteenth-century Anatolian Sufi poetry, though from different cultures and eras, converge in their exploration of going beyond material existence through love. In the verses of Edmund Spenser, John Donne, George Herbert, Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi, Yunus Emre and Haji Bektash Veli, love emerges as a medium for spiritual awakening that liberates individuals from mundane life and socio-political conflicts and leads to an elevated consciousness merged with the divine. Thus, this article will analyse Donnes A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, Rumis You and I, Spensers An Hymne in Honour of Heavenly Love, Emres Lovers Die Not, Herberts Love III, and Velis The Transcendence of Saints in light of Platos idea of Oneness and the Sufi doctrine of wahdat-i wujud and suggest that these poems reveal love as a transformative power enabling individuals to transcend their worldly existence and become One with the beloved, namely the divine.

 Early seventeenth-century English verse and thirteenth-century Anatolian Sufi poetry, though from different cultures and eras, converge in their exploration of going beyond material existence through love. In the verses of Edmund Spenser, John Donne, George Herbert, Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi, Yunus Emre and Haji Bektash Veli, love emerges as a medium for spiritual awakening that liberates individuals from mundane life and socio-political conflicts and leads to an elevated consciousness merged with the divine. Thus, this article will analyse Donnes A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, Rumis You and I, Spensers An Hymne in Honour of Heavenly Love, Emres Lovers Die Not, Herberts Love III, and Velis The Transcendence of Saints in light of Platos idea of Oneness and the Sufi doctrine of wahdat-i wujud and suggest that these poems reveal love as a transformative power enabling individuals to transcend their worldly existence and become One with the beloved, namely the divine.

 Early seventeenth-century English verse and thirteenth-century Anatolian Sufi poetry, though from different cultures and eras, converge in their exploration of going beyond material existence through love. In the verses of Edmund Spenser, John Donne, George Herbert, Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi, Yunus Emre and Haji Bektash Veli, love emerges as a medium for spiritual awakening that liberates individuals from mundane life and socio-political conflicts and leads to an elevated consciousness merged with the divine. Thus, this article will analyse Donnes A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, Rumis You and I, Spensers An Hymne in Honour of Heavenly Love, Emres Lovers Die Not, Herberts Love III, and Velis The Transcendence of Saints in light of Platos idea of Oneness and the Sufi doctrine of wahdat-i wujud and suggest that these poems reveal love as a transformative power enabling individuals to transcend their worldly existence and become One with the beloved, namely the divine.

 On yedinci yüzyıl başı İngiliz şiiri ile on üçüncü yüzyıl Anadolu Tasavvuf şiiri, farklı kültürlere ve dönemlere ait olsalar da, aşk aracılığıyla maddi varoluşun ötesine geçme arayışlarında birleşirler. Edmund Spenser, John Donne, George Herbert, Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi, Yunus Emre ve Hacı Bektaş Velinin dizelerinde aşk, bireyleri dünyevi yaşamdan ve sosyo-politik çatışmalardan özgürleştiren ve ilahi olanla bütünleşmiş yüksek bir bilince götüren manevi bir uyanış aracı olarak karşımıza çıkar. Dolayısıyla, bu makale Donneın Veda: Yas Tutmak Yasak, Ruminin Sen ve Ben, Spenserın Tanrısal Aşk Onuruna İlahi Emrenin Âşıklar Ölmez, Herbertin Aşk III, ve Velinin Erenler Demi şiirlerini Platonun Birlik düşüncesi ve tasavvuftaki vahdet-i vücud öğretisi ışığında ele alacak ve bu şiirlerin aşkı, bireylerin dünyevi varlıklarının ötesine geçip sevgiliyle, yani tanrıyla Bir olmalarını sağlayan dönüştürücü bir güç olarak tasvir ettiğini öne sürecektir.

Article Details

“YOU AND I”: THE IDEA OF ONENESS WITH LOVE IN THE EARLY SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH POETRY AND THIRTEENTH-CENTURY ANATOLIAN SUFI POETRY

Authors:

Meltem Can

Publisher:

Pamukkale University

Main Topics:

İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü | Karşılaştırmalı ve Ulusötesi Edebiyat

Journal:

Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi Issue 61, pp.247-256

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2024

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001313814

pISSN:

1308-2922

John Donne

Edmund Spenser

George Herbert

Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Yunus Emre

Haji Bektash VeliJohn Donne

Edmund Spenser

George Herbert

Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi

Yunus Emre

Hacı Bektaş Veli

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Authors: Meltem Can

Publisher: Pamukkale University

Main Topics: İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü | Karşılaştırmalı ve Ulusötesi Edebiyat

Journal: Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi Issue 61, pp.247-256

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 3/2024

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001313814

pISSN: 1308-2922

Issues

Authors:

Meltem Can

Publisher:

Pamukkale University

Main Topics:

İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü | Karşılaştırmalı ve Ulusötesi Edebiyat

Journal:

Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi Issue 61, pp.247-256

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2024

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001313814

pISSN:

1308-2922