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T.S. Eliot’s Poetic Journey from Fragmentation to Harmony
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This study explores how fragmentation and harmony are portrayed in T.S. Eliot’s poetry, focusing on “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” The Waste Land, and “Burnt Norton” from Four Quartets. Eliot’s earlier poems, “Prufrock” and The Waste Land, display a disjointed and hopeless modern world loaded with anxiety and loneliness, thereby demonstrating the failure of organizing principles. Eliot employs literary, mythological, and biblical allusions to create harmony and address these anxieties, yet his strategies often fail to overcome the poems’ depiction of a disorganized world. However, his later poetry, exemplified by “Burnt Norton,” exhibits a shift towards serenity. Following his conversion to Anglicanism in 1927, Eliot transformed his poetic universe, convincingly suggesting a transcendent realm. In “Burnt Norton,” Eliot acknowledges life’s inherent chaos but offers a pathway to harmony by embracing temporal flux and revealing an underlying order in the universe. This paper thus demonstrates Eliot's departure from the hopelessness and fragmentation of his earlier works towards a more harmonious and, ultimately, more optimistic view of reality in his later poetry, reflecting his developing philosophical and spiritual orientation.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili, Edebiyatı ve Kültürü
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Yayımlanma Tarihi
31 Aralık 2025
Gönderilme Tarihi
1 Temmuz 2025
Kabul Tarihi
9 Eylül 2025
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2025 Sayı: 64
APA
Sezer Toraman, Ş. (2025). T.S. Eliot’s Poetic Journey from Fragmentation to Harmony. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi, 64, 93-108. https://doi.org/10.35237/suitder.1731451
AMA
1.Sezer Toraman Ş. T.S. Eliot’s Poetic Journey from Fragmentation to Harmony. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi. 2025;(64):93-108. doi:10.35237/suitder.1731451
Chicago
Sezer Toraman, Şermin. 2025. “T.S. Eliot’s Poetic Journey from Fragmentation to Harmony”. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi, sy 64: 93-108. https://doi.org/10.35237/suitder.1731451.
EndNote
Sezer Toraman Ş (01 Aralık 2025) T.S. Eliot’s Poetic Journey from Fragmentation to Harmony. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi 64 93–108.
IEEE
[1]Ş. Sezer Toraman, “T.S. Eliot’s Poetic Journey from Fragmentation to Harmony”, Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi, sy 64, ss. 93–108, Ara. 2025, doi: 10.35237/suitder.1731451.
ISNAD
Sezer Toraman, Şermin. “T.S. Eliot’s Poetic Journey from Fragmentation to Harmony”. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi. 64 (01 Aralık 2025): 93-108. https://doi.org/10.35237/suitder.1731451.
JAMA
1.Sezer Toraman Ş. T.S. Eliot’s Poetic Journey from Fragmentation to Harmony. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi. 2025;:93–108.
MLA
Sezer Toraman, Şermin. “T.S. Eliot’s Poetic Journey from Fragmentation to Harmony”. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi, sy 64, Aralık 2025, ss. 93-108, doi:10.35237/suitder.1731451.
Vancouver
1.Şermin Sezer Toraman. T.S. Eliot’s Poetic Journey from Fragmentation to Harmony. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi. 01 Aralık 2025;(64):93-108. doi:10.35237/suitder.1731451