MYTHOLOGY IN THE SECOND NEW POETRY IN THE CONTEXT OF RELIGIOUS PSYCHOLOGY


Mythology, which dates back to the early ages, has influenced many ancient civilizations of the world for centuries. Myths put forwarded to control one's dreams, excitements, desires, and beliefs are the sources of the Mythology. When mythology is evaluated in the context of the psychology of religion, it is seen that it is the result of the archetype of believing. Freud and Jung, who deal with the psychology of human behaviour, examine mythology and use it in their works. Mythology, which takes place in world psychology, religions and literature, is an area used in our country. Some literary movements in Turkish literature are based only on mythology. The second New poetry movement is one of them. Cemal Süreya, Sezai Karakoç, Edip Cansever, Turgut Uyar, Ece Ayhan are known as The Second New poets. These poets, who exhibit an extraordinary understanding of poetry, do not come together in a planned way and these poets are called Second New poets by some literary circles. They object to the understanding that poetry is a part of daily life and they reflect the subconscious elements, humour, surrealism, slang, and sexuality to poems. Mythology is another area they reflect on his works. Mythology is an indispensable character for them and full of myths. Especially the important characters of Greek and Roman mythology are reflected in the whole of some poems. Poets use mythology as a tool to reflect their feelings and thoughts to poetry. One reason for the presence of mythology in the Second New poetry which is seen as the first literary products of the Republic of Turkey, is Turkey's orientation to the Western world. Not only the law, science, technology, and lifestyle of the West but also its literature has been taken as a significant example. The reflections of mythology to the works of the Second New poets stems from their reading of Western mythology.


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Second New Poetry, Mythology, Medusa, Zeus, Odysseus.

Author : Mehmet Şahin YAVUZER
Number of pages: 2231-2245
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.39598
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Turkish Studies - Language and Literature
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