Eros and Thanatos in W. H. Auden’s Poetry: Analyzing Life and Death Drives in Light of Freudian Theory
| المصدر: | مجلة الدراسات المستدامة |
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| الناشر: | الجمعية العلمية للدراسات التربوية المستدامة |
| المؤلف الرئيسي: | Alasadi, Maher Abdulhameed Abdulemam (Author) |
| المجلد/العدد: | مج6, ع4 |
| محكمة: | نعم |
| الدولة: |
العراق |
| التاريخ الميلادي: |
2024
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| التاريخ الهجري: | 1446 |
| الشهر: | تشرين الأول |
| الصفحات: | 667 - 688 |
| ISSN: |
2663-2284 |
| رقم MD: | 1503798 |
| نوع المحتوى: | بحوث ومقالات |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
| قواعد المعلومات: | EduSearch |
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| كلمات المؤلف المفتاحية: |
Eros | Thanatos | W. H. Auden | Life and Death Drives | Individuality | Authoritarianism
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| المستخلص: |
This study explores the life and death drives in selected poems of W. H. Auden depending on Freudian psychoanalytic theory of Eros and Thanatos that assures the existence of two opposing instincts leading human behavior: the life instinct (Eros) and the death instinct (Thanatos). The research analyzes three of Auden's key poems, namely "O Where Are You Going," "The Unknown Citizen" and September 1, 1939." It tries to scrutinize the themes, imageries, and symbols of the selected poems to show the interacting presence of Eros and Thanatos. It discusses how these conflicting instincts are manifested in the nature and actions of the poetic personae, as well as in the broader thematic concerns of the poems, such as the tension between self-preservation and self-destruction, absurdity, authenticity, and the search for meaning in the face of mortality in the modern age. The study summed up that Auden's sophisticated treatment of the Eros-Thanatos conflict is dynamic in his poetry. In "The Unknown Citizen," the protagonist's conformity and bureaucratic life reflect the dominance of Thanatos over Eros. Conversely, "Where Are You Going" presents a more nuanced interplay between the two drives, with the speaker grappling with both the charm of self-annihilation and the yearning for existential and creative fulfillment. In "September 1, 1939," the tension between Eros and Thanatos is central to human nature and community. |
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| ISSN: |
2663-2284 |
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