Art and Literature

The Quest For Truth and Authenticity in Rainer Maria Rilke’s “The Panther”

Volume: 13 Number: 35 January 31, 2025
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The Quest For Truth and Authenticity in Rainer Maria Rilke’s “The Panther”

Abstract

The opaque poetic language of Rainer Maria Rilke as a symbolist writer facilitates the reader to elicit diverse interpretations from his poems and refabricate their meaning as befitting. Rilke’s poem “The Panther”, is highly recognized as a prominent symbolic modernist work, showcasing Rilke’s profound insight into the human condition and the intricacies of existence. By adopting the framework of existentialism and relying on the symbolic language of the poem, this paper tries to transcend the poem’s literal meaning and bring up the possibility of considering “The Panther” as a symbol of modern human questing for truth and authenticity in the backdrop of modernity.

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Thanks

The author would like to thank Dr. Mohammad Ghaffary for his insightful recommendations to improve the quality of this paper.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

German Language, Literature and Culture

Journal Section

Art and Literature

Early Pub Date

January 22, 2025

Publication Date

January 31, 2025

Submission Date

October 2, 2024

Acceptance Date

December 13, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 13 Number: 35

APA
Zare, M. R. (2025). The Quest For Truth and Authenticity in Rainer Maria Rilke’s “The Panther”. AKRA Kültür Sanat Ve Edebiyat Dergisi, 13(35), 203-210. https://doi.org/10.31126/akrajournal.1560251
AMA
1.Zare MR. The Quest For Truth and Authenticity in Rainer Maria Rilke’s “The Panther.” AKRA Kültür Sanat ve Edebiyat Dergisi. 2025;13(35):203-210. doi:10.31126/akrajournal.1560251
Chicago
Zare, Mohammad Reza. 2025. “The Quest For Truth and Authenticity in Rainer Maria Rilke’s ‘The Panther’”. AKRA Kültür Sanat Ve Edebiyat Dergisi 13 (35): 203-10. https://doi.org/10.31126/akrajournal.1560251.
EndNote
Zare MR (January 1, 2025) The Quest For Truth and Authenticity in Rainer Maria Rilke’s “The Panther”. AKRA Kültür Sanat ve Edebiyat Dergisi 13 35 203–210.
IEEE
[1]M. R. Zare, “The Quest For Truth and Authenticity in Rainer Maria Rilke’s ‘The Panther’”, AKRA Kültür Sanat ve Edebiyat Dergisi, vol. 13, no. 35, pp. 203–210, Jan. 2025, doi: 10.31126/akrajournal.1560251.
ISNAD
Zare, Mohammad Reza. “The Quest For Truth and Authenticity in Rainer Maria Rilke’s ‘The Panther’”. AKRA Kültür Sanat ve Edebiyat Dergisi 13/35 (January 1, 2025): 203-210. https://doi.org/10.31126/akrajournal.1560251.
JAMA
1.Zare MR. The Quest For Truth and Authenticity in Rainer Maria Rilke’s “The Panther”. AKRA Kültür Sanat ve Edebiyat Dergisi. 2025;13:203–210.
MLA
Zare, Mohammad Reza. “The Quest For Truth and Authenticity in Rainer Maria Rilke’s ‘The Panther’”. AKRA Kültür Sanat Ve Edebiyat Dergisi, vol. 13, no. 35, Jan. 2025, pp. 203-10, doi:10.31126/akrajournal.1560251.
Vancouver
1.Mohammad Reza Zare. The Quest For Truth and Authenticity in Rainer Maria Rilke’s “The Panther”. AKRA Kültür Sanat ve Edebiyat Dergisi. 2025 Jan. 1;13(35):203-10. doi:10.31126/akrajournal.1560251

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