Research Article

A Comparative View of Eliot’s “Prufrock” and Mansfield’s “Miss Brill” in terms of the Mental States of Isolation, Alienation, and Anomie

Volume: 6 Number: 1 June 30, 2016
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A Comparative View of Eliot’s “Prufrock” and Mansfield’s “Miss Brill” in terms of the Mental States of Isolation, Alienation, and Anomie

Abstract

The meaninglessness of modern life caused by a state of alienation, isolation and anomie has been reflected in literary works forming an important thematic basis in the twentieth century. T. S. Eliot highlights this theme in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is hereafter abbreviated as ‘Prufrock’). Eliot directly focuses on this theme in his literary works and influenced many other prominent writers on this theme. This article draws comparisons in views between how Eliot’s psychological evaluation of characters in the case of alienation, isolation, and anomie impacts on other writers such as Katherine Mansfield, who has a Prufrock-like character in “Miss Brill”. This, due to the way Eliot definines the psyche of prototypical modern people as he does in “Prufrock”. The way Miss Brill behaves reflects her alienation and isolation in her society. In this study, the comparison of a poem and a short story with the same thematic basis shows how writers successfully deal with the same matter in different contexts of different literary genres.

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References

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Translation and Interpretation Studies, Language Studies (Other), British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Publication Date

June 30, 2016

Submission Date

April 4, 2016

Acceptance Date

June 4, 2016

Published in Issue

Year 2016 Volume: 6 Number: 1

APA
Köseman, Z. (2016). A Comparative View of Eliot’s “Prufrock” and Mansfield’s “Miss Brill” in terms of the Mental States of Isolation, Alienation, and Anomie. Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi, 6(1), 237-247. https://izlik.org/JA72UU35FC
AMA
1.Köseman Z. A Comparative View of Eliot’s “Prufrock” and Mansfield’s “Miss Brill” in terms of the Mental States of Isolation, Alienation, and Anomie. MJH. 2016;6(1):237-247. https://izlik.org/JA72UU35FC
Chicago
Köseman, Zennure. 2016. “A Comparative View of Eliot’s “Prufrock” and Mansfield’s ‘Miss Brill’ in Terms of the Mental States of Isolation, Alienation, and Anomie”. Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi 6 (1): 237-47. https://izlik.org/JA72UU35FC.
EndNote
Köseman Z (June 1, 2016) A Comparative View of Eliot’s “Prufrock” and Mansfield’s “Miss Brill” in terms of the Mental States of Isolation, Alienation, and Anomie. Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi 6 1 237–247.
IEEE
[1]Z. Köseman, “A Comparative View of Eliot’s “Prufrock” and Mansfield’s ‘Miss Brill’ in terms of the Mental States of Isolation, Alienation, and Anomie”, MJH, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 237–247, June 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA72UU35FC
ISNAD
Köseman, Zennure. “A Comparative View of Eliot’s “Prufrock” and Mansfield’s ‘Miss Brill’ in Terms of the Mental States of Isolation, Alienation, and Anomie”. Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi 6/1 (June 1, 2016): 237-247. https://izlik.org/JA72UU35FC.
JAMA
1.Köseman Z. A Comparative View of Eliot’s “Prufrock” and Mansfield’s “Miss Brill” in terms of the Mental States of Isolation, Alienation, and Anomie. MJH. 2016;6:237–247.
MLA
Köseman, Zennure. “A Comparative View of Eliot’s “Prufrock” and Mansfield’s ‘Miss Brill’ in Terms of the Mental States of Isolation, Alienation, and Anomie”. Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 1, June 2016, pp. 237-4, https://izlik.org/JA72UU35FC.
Vancouver
1.Zennure Köseman. A Comparative View of Eliot’s “Prufrock” and Mansfield’s “Miss Brill” in terms of the Mental States of Isolation, Alienation, and Anomie. MJH [Internet]. 2016 Jun. 1;6(1):237-4. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA72UU35FC

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