KÂBUSTAN UYANIŞ: SEAMUS HEANEY’NİN ŞİİRİNDE İRLANDA SORUNU ve ÇÖZÜM ÖNERİLERİ

Öz

Seamus Heaney, ‘İrlanda Sorunu’ olarak bilinen Protestan-birlik yanlısı ve Katolik-milliyetçi topluluklar arasındaki yetke kavgasının temelinde, Keltlerdeki Nerthus inancının yattığına inanır. Ozan şiirlerinde, bataklıklara atılarak Tanrıça Nerthus’a kurban sunulan insanlarla, cumhuriyetçi şehitlik anlayışının özgür bir İrlanda için yaşamlarını feda etmeye çağırdığı yurttaşları benzeştirir. Böylece yaşanan karmaşanın gerçekte, ekonomik, politik, tarihsel ve sınıfsal nedenlerden değil, yüzyıllardır süregelen şiddet geleneğinden kaynaklandığına vurgu yapar. Ona göre, İrlanda, sözü edilen sorundan ancak hoşgörü, sağduyu, özveri ve duygudaşlık gibi değerleri yücelterek kurtulabilir. Heaney’nin düşünü kurduğu, İrlandalılık bilinci ile dolu herkesi kucaklayan bir İrlandadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Seamus Heaney, İrlanda Sorunu, Nerthus, şiir, şiddet

Awakening from Nightmare: Irish Troubles and Solution Suggestions in the Poetry of Seamus Heaney

Abstract

Seamus Heaney believes that Nerthus cult in ancient Celts underlies the power struggle, which is known as ‘Irish Troubles’, between Protestant-Unionist and Catholic-Nationalist communities. The poet, in his poems, likens the bog people sacrificed for Goddess Nerthus to the citizens the republican sense of martyrdom calls to lay down their lives for the sake of a free Ireland. Thus, he underlines that the current chaos, in fact, has not stemmed from economic, political, historical and denominational reasons, but from the tradition of violence which has been going on for centuries. To him, Ireland can get rid of the said troubles only by crediting the merits such as tolerance, common sense, altruism and empathy. What Heaney dreams about is an Ireland embarrassing everybody flushed with Irish consciousness.

Keywords

• Seamus Heaney, Irish Troubles, Nerthus, poetry, violence

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