The Poetic Symbolism of Disability from a Comparative-Historical Perspective: American Puritan Poetry and the Poetry of the American Renaissance

Tayfur Cihantimur

The Poetic Symbolism of Disability from a Comparative-Historical Perspective: American Puritan Poetry and the Poetry of the American Renaissance

Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2026

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Öğrenci: Tayfur Cihantimur

Danışman: Arda Arıkan

Özet:

This thesis examines the poetic symbolism of disability in two periods of American literature, the Puritan Age and the American Renaissance, from a theoretical perspective to reveal how disability was constructed not only as a biological or individual condition but also as a cultural, theological, and aesthetic representation during these two periods, and how it related to the ideological structure of the time.