THE HELL OF JULIAN OF NORWICH: A STUDY ON "REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE"

Yıl 2024, Sayı: VI, 58 - 66, 31.12.2024

Ramazan Özbay , Arda Arıkan

Öz

Julian of Norwich (1342– after 1416) was the first woman to write a book in English Literature. Along with this fact, she was also an anchorite, mystic, and theologian. During a severe illness she was going through, she saw some dreams and wrote these dreams in her work, Revelations of Divine Love, composed of two of her works, The Short Text and The Long Text. In the work, Julian recognizes the dreams as revelations, shares her experiences with her readers, and gives them advice in a homiletical style, transferring the religious motivations. In this study, Julian’s approach towards hell has been investigated. Since the original work was written in the vernacular, a translated version in modern English has been used for the investigation. Julian’s thoughts and expressions have been exemplified. As a result, it has been seen that Julian, as she expresses, is in an attempt to follow the Christian doctrines and considers hell within this scope, and also shares her motivation about hell as given in detail in this study.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love, Hell

Norwichli Julian’ın Cehennemi: “Revelations of Divine Love” Üzerine Bir İnceleme

Öz

Norwichli Julian (1342- 1416 sonrası) İngiliz edebiyatında kitap yazmış olan ilk kadın edebiyatçıdır. Bunun yanında bir ankorit, mistik ve ilahiyatçıdır. Geçirdiği bir hastalık sırasında gördüğü rüyaları kaleme alarak oluşturduğu The Short Text (Kısa Metin), The Long Text (Uzun Metin) ve bunların bütünü olan eseri Revelations of Divine Love (İlahi Sevginin Vahiyleri), Julian’ın vahiy olarak nitelediği rüyalarını anlattığı ve bunu yaparken dini motivasyonlar yoluyla nasihatlerde bulunduğu bir eseridir. Bu çalışmada eser üzerinde yapılan çalışmalardan farklı olarak Julian’ın Cehennem olgusuna bakış açısı irdelenmektedir. Çalışmada, eser dönemin yerel dili ile yazıldığı için modern İngilizce’de anlaşılır nitelikte olan bir çevirisinden yararlanılmıştır. Julian’ın mekânsal ve hissî olarak Cehennem hakkındaki görüşleri ve anlatımları örneklendirilmiş ve Julian’ın Cehennem hakkında Hristiyan öğretilerine paralel ilerlemekle beraber kendi his ve düşüncelerine de yer verdiği görülmüştür.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Norwichli Julian, İlahi Sevginin Vahiyleri, Cehennem

Kaynakça

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