Rumi’s Elemental Imagination
Elemental Ecocritical Interactions and Agency in Rumi’s The Masnavi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22224756 |
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| Authors | Dilek Bulut Sarıkaya (0000-0001-5514-6929, KAPADOKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, BEŞERİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, İNGİLİZ DİLİ VE EDEBİYATI BÖLÜMÜ, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Issue | 24 |
| Pages | 23-45 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2651-3145 • E-ISSN: 2687-5241 |
| Publisher | kulturarastirmalari (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.46250/kulturder.1584189 |
| OpenAlex | W4408266825 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
The elements are the most essential components of the universe in which the interminable process of vitality is ensured through the incitement of the magnetic attraction and interaction between the elements. Overbearing impact of the elements is observed not only in the outside physical world but also deeply felt in the inner world of human imagination, feelings, and emotions. The medieval poet Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi’s (1207-1273) The Masnavi gives a wide coverage to the elements, directing human life as well as cosmic natural events. Each element, in this respect, is embedded with a spiritual energy, called by Rumi as love, stemming from God and circulating in the universe, sparkling life and vibrancy among human and nonhuman beings. Rumi’s notion of vitally alive universe with intentionally active elements in it strongly resonates with the theoretical views of elemental ecocriticism which insistently advocates the agency and intentionality of the elements that matter significantly both in human life and the external material world. The aim of this study, accordingly, is to examine the elements in Rumi’s The Masnavi under the critical lens of elemental ecocriticism only to disclose Rumi as an abiding philosopher, much ahead of his own time, with his modern, biological conceptualization of the elements as living entities and efficiently articulate forces that play actively dominant roles in the ongoing materialization of the universe
Art · Epistemology · Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Philosophy · Psychology · Turkish Literature and Culture
| Highly cited | No |
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