Author: Ismail M. Fahmi
English Department, College of Languages Salahaddin University-Erbil
Author: Saman Dizayi
Translation Department, College of Arts and Letters, Cihan University-Erbil
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24086/cuesj.si.2018.n1a6
Abstract
This paper investigates the influence of T.S. Eliot’s famous poem The Waste Land on Jingl a poem by Sherko Bekas(1940- 2013) a well-known Kurdish poet. The paper explains how Sherko Bekas used certain stylistic devices and ideas from The Waste Land and employing them to suit with the context of his poem; the paper approaches both poems and reveals how jingl thematically utilized that of The Waste Land.
Keywords: Sherko Bekas, The Waste Land, Jingl, Thematic Presence, Modern Kurdish Poetry.
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Cihan University-Erbil Scientific Journal a periodic multidisciplinary scientific journal issued by Cihan University- Erbil after auditing and revising by a specialized staff headed by the President of the university. The journal publishes original creative researches related to all fields of pure and applied sciences and humanities in Kurdish, Arabic and English.