A Content-based Analysis of Shahriar's Azerbaijani Turkish Poem Getmə Tərsa Balası (A Christian Child) in Terms of Religious Images and Interpretations

The present study aims to analyze Shahriar's Getmə Tərsa Balası (do not leave me the Christian Child) poem in terms of religious images using content-based analysis. Initially, the poem published in Azerbaijani Turkish has been analyzed by the researchers to find out the main religious themes c...

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Published inInternational journal of applied linguistics & English literature Vol. 5; no. 2; p. 159
Main Authors Mohammad Amin Mozaheb, Shahiditabar, Mostafa, Monfared, Abbas, Mirzapour, Fatemeh
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Footscray Australian International Academic Centre PTY. Ltd (AIAC) 01.03.2016
Subjects
Children
Christianity
Content analysis
English language
Literary translation
Poetry
Religion
Shahriar (Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat Tabrizi) (1906-1988)
Turkish language
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Summary:The present study aims to analyze Shahriar's Getmə Tərsa Balası (do not leave me the Christian Child) poem in terms of religious images using content-based analysis. Initially, the poem published in Azerbaijani Turkish has been analyzed by the researchers to find out the main religious themes covering Islam and Christianity. Then, a number of images created by the poet, including Hell and Heaven, mosque versus church and Mount Sinai, have been extracted and discussed in detail by using the English translation of the verses. Finally, the results have been presented using the extracted themes. The findings showed that Shahriar started his poem from a worldly image in order to reach divine images.
ISSN:2200-3592
2200-3452
DOI:10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.5n.2p.159