Seamus Heaney’s Poetics of Verbalization

Authors

  • Bikram Keshari Rout Research Scholar, Department of Humanities, VSSUT, Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha, India
  • Dr. Jayaprakash Paramaguru Associate Professor of English, Department of Humanities, VSSUT, Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha, India

Keywords:

Seamus Heaney, Modern Irish Poets, Francisco Fenollosa, Nikolay Gumilyov, Verbalization

Abstract

Heaney scholars like Robert Buttel, M.R. Molino, Neil Corcoran, Steven Ratiner, and Terry Eagleton have tried to demystify Heaney’s “poetics” from different perspectives. In the process, some schismatical/truncated analyses of this Nobel laureate’s poetics, in terms of his art/craft/technique of poeticization, have been effected. Yet scholars like Michael Molino, Steven Ratiner, and Michael Cavanagh have effected some sort of holistic and intensive appreciation of Seamus Heaney’s Poetics. However, till today, no serious effort has been made to critique Seamus Heaney’s art of poetic articulation in the light of the ars poetica ascribed to Ernest Francisco Fenollosa and Nikolay Gumilyov. The principal aim of this demystificatory paper is to put Heaney’s poetics of articulation under the Fenollosa-Gumilyov bi-focal critical lens. The subsidiary aim of this investigative analysis is to deconstruct Heaney’s preference for pure verbal phrases in terms of the aforementioned Fenollosa-Gumilyovian technique of poetic verbalization. The Paper by Bikram Keshari Rout and Jayprakash Paramaguru entitled “Seamus Heaney’s Poetics of Verbalization” attempts to put Heaney’s poetics of articulation under the Fenollosa- Gumilyov bi-focal critical lens. The subsidiary aim of this investigative analysis is to deconstruct Heaney’s preference for pure verbal phrases in terms of the aforementioned Fenollosa-Gumilyovian technique of poetic verbalization.

Author Biographies

Bikram Keshari Rout, Research Scholar, Department of Humanities, VSSUT, Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha, India

Bikram Keshari Rout is at present pursuing his Ph.D. from VSSUT, Burla, Odisha. His research area primarily focuses on British Literature, and he is working on Seamus Heaney, the famous Irish Nobel Laureate as a part of his research work. With over two decades of teaching experience, he brings a wealth of expertise across a diverse range of subjects including Literature, Language, Communicative English, Business Communication, Soft Skills, and Corporate Readiness.

Dr. Jayaprakash Paramaguru, Associate Professor of English, Department of Humanities, VSSUT, Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha, India

Dr. Jayaprakash Paramaguru is working as an Associate Professor of English at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) Burla, Odisha. He has authored more than 40 papers in national and international journals. He has published six books and his research areas include British Literature, American Literature, Business Communication, and Indian Writing in English.

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Published

01.07.2023

How to Cite

Rout, B. K., & Jayaprakash Paramaguru. (2023). Seamus Heaney’s Poetics of Verbalization. Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature, 14(3), 26–34. Retrieved from https://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jtrel/article/view/JTREL140306

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Vol. 14 No. 3 (2023): July

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