Coleridge's Divine Comedy

Dancsó, Gabriella (2003) Coleridge's Divine Comedy. Masters, Szegedi Tudományegyetem.

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Abstract

In my thesis I will deal with the topic of fragmentariness in Coleridge's three famous fragmentary poems (Christabel, Kubla Khan, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner). I am going to point out what common sources can be found behind the origin of the Romantic fragments in general and how Coleridge incorporated these sources into his own philosophical and theological system. Then I also will interrelate the essence of Coleridge's philosophical system to his three fragmentary masterpieces which, in a way, can be taken as the poetical incarnations of his main principles and ideas. After giving a sort of philosophical frame to Coleridge's fragments I will analyse these poems by pointing out those very links and returning motifs that make them fragmentary. Christabel and Kubla Khan are considered to be fragments. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner does not seem to be a fragment at first sight, albeit by analysing it more meticulously we will find the connection between it and the two other poems. The Rime is "wedged in" between Christabel and Kubla Khan and by finding and analysing the returning motifs I will draw the conclusion that the Rime is also a fragment. By means of the fragmentary nature and certain returning motifs an organic system will take shape in front of our eyes. Finally, I will try to interpret what Coleridge possibly intended to express by his mutually interrelated fragments that suggest a possible ending as well as endlessness towards another start.

Institution

Szegedi Tudományegyetem

Faculty

Gyula Juhász Teacher Training College

Department

Angol Tanszék

Discipline

Teacher Training

Specialization

angol

Supervisor(s)

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	05. Social sciences > 05.03. Educational sciences
Depositing User:	Szerkesztő JGYPK
Date Deposited:	2019. May. 16. 11:19
Last Modified:	2019. May. 20. 07:28
URI:	https://diploma.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/76067

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