Revolution and Modernity in Nazim Hikmet’s “The Epic of Sheikh Bedridden”
This paper aims to prove that the poem “The Epic of Sheikh Bedridden” by the first Turkish modernist poet Nazim Hikmet expresses a political unconscious of modernity by incarnating and adopting modernist, rebellious and revolutionary ideas in his poem in both form and content in order to subj...
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This paper aims to prove that the poem “The Epic of Sheikh Bedridden” by the first Turkish modernist poet Nazim Hikmet expresses a political unconscious of modernity by incarnating and adopting modernist, rebellious and revolutionary ideas in his poem in both form and content in order to subjugate repression and oppression. Throughout his didactic poem he urges his people for a better Turkey whose freedom of thought and expression and liberty are essential ideals. Hikmet’s proposal for a more tolerant and open Turkey becomes undeniable truth after a long history of contestation through the power of the words
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| spelling | doaj.art-c3e2540ba34f43c880ab54d0052b08e52022-12-21T23:54:34ZaraCollage of Education Ibn Rushd / University of Baghdadالأستاذ0552-265X2518-92632019-12-0158410.36473/ujhss.v58i4.1014Revolution and Modernity in Nazim Hikmet’s “The Epic of Sheikh Bedridden”Mahmood Rakan Ahmed0College of Education for Humanities University of Mosul/Iraq This paper aims to prove that the poem “The Epic of Sheikh Bedridden” by the first Turkish modernist poet Nazim Hikmet expresses a political unconscious of modernity by incarnating and adopting modernist, rebellious and revolutionary ideas in his poem in both form and content in order to subjugate repression and oppression. Throughout his didactic poem he urges his people for a better Turkey whose freedom of thought and expression and liberty are essential ideals. Hikmet’s proposal for a more tolerant and open Turkey becomes undeniable truth after a long history of contestation through the power of the words https://alustath.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/UJIRCO/article/view/1014Revolution, Modernity, Turkey, Poetry |
| spellingShingle | Mahmood Rakan Ahmed Revolution and Modernity in Nazim Hikmet’s “The Epic of Sheikh Bedridden” الأستاذ Revolution, Modernity, Turkey, Poetry |
| title | Revolution and Modernity in Nazim Hikmet’s “The Epic of Sheikh Bedridden” |
| title_full | Revolution and Modernity in Nazim Hikmet’s “The Epic of Sheikh Bedridden” |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Revolution and Modernity in Nazim Hikmet’s “The Epic of Sheikh Bedridden” |
| title_short | Revolution and Modernity in Nazim Hikmet’s “The Epic of Sheikh Bedridden” |
| title_sort | revolution and modernity in nazim hikmet s the epic of sheikh bedridden |
| topic | Revolution, Modernity, Turkey, Poetry |
| url | https://alustath.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/UJIRCO/article/view/1014 |
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