Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
The 7th International Language, Culture and Literature Symposium, Antalya, Türkiye, 28 - 29 Aralık 2022, ss.19-22
European Romantics believed the Enlightenment philosophy lacked explaining some vital human experiences, such as poetic imagination, the sublime, and revelation. For many, all knowledge could be obtained from sensation. To challenge the mechanical language of the Enlightenment, they developed a mystical discourse that involved intuitive and imaginary utterances and statements. As a result of their liberal attitudes, such as Volkgeist and Cosmopolitanism spreading across Europe, the nineteenth-century Romantics became interested in the spirituality of Sufism and Christian mysticism. Sufism, also known as Tasawwuf, is generally called Islamic mysticism by Western scholars and refers to particular Islamic values, ritual practices, doctrines, and institutions. Eastern resources and scholars, needless to say, do not refer to Sufis as a mystical interpretation of Islam; some also differentiate between Sufis and the Islamic religion. Accepted as a Romantic poet and known for his Cosmopolitan ideas influenced mainly by German Romantics, James Clarence Mangan shared some of the interests of the Romantics of German origin. By producing numerous poems and prose works fashioned by elements of Eastern cultures and religions, particularly Sufism, in some of his poems, Mangan created a poetic world that was more Islamic than it was European. Hence, the primary goal of this study is to examine the significant Sufi concepts constructed in Mangan’s poetry using Lacan’s ideas.