Postmodernism in Heaneys Poems Bogland and Tollund Man Essay -- Seamu

Abstract This research takes a postmodern feeler to Seamus Heaneys devil poems Bogland and The Tollund Man. The evidences in the research bring illuminations to the significant issues of postmodern concept. Heaneys poetry was studied in myth, politics and revolutionary movement in the theater of Irish classical poetry. Recently, his poems are considered as postmodern. To answer that how much his poems are traditional, modern or postmodern is the aim of this project.Key Words postmodernism, myth, imagery, technique, poetry, deadly, violence, corpse, bog, imagination, freedom. door This research is a case report including discussions and analysis of two poems by Seamus Heaney, one of the postmodern poets. The poems, which are going to be analyzed, are Bogland and The Tollund Man. In Heaneys poetry we can see a connection between the mythological and the logical, the past and the present, to describe his thoughts and emotions, concerning the Irish troubles and human experiences. Heaney represent his feelings toward these problems by utilize imagery and structural techniques that are present in his poems . Chapter one of this study is a literature review of the ideology of postmodernism with emphasis on postmodernism and poetry. It in any case includes the meaning of postmodernism, different views and criticism on Heaneys poetry and his ideas about the principles of imagism. Chapter two analyzes the poem Bogland and reveals some points in describing the poem such as its bailiwick sides and two key images in the poem and explains how the poet has achieved and used them in his poems. It in addition discusses about Heaneys essay on a poem called The Bog people by P.V Globe. Chapter three is... ...From Internet http//athena.louisville.edu/cscart01/pomopoetry.htmlFrom Internet http//www.colorado.edu/English/ENGL2012Klages/pomo.htmlNotes 1 Dr. bloody shame Klages, Associate Professor, English Department, University of Co lorado, Boulder http//www.colorado.edu/English/ENGL2012Klages/pomo.html 2 Dr. Christopher Carter Professors at University of Louisville, postmodernist Poetries March 1999. 3 Seamus Heaney, essay on The Bog People by P. V Globe, 1969 4 From a study guide on net profit http//www.universalteacher.org.uk/poetry/heaney.htm