The Representation of Spirituality in Rumi’s Selected Poems: An Ecocriticism Analysis

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10.2991/soshec-19.2019.25How to use a DOI?

Keywords

ecocriticism, pastoral image, representation, Rumi, spirituality.

Abstract

This study investigates the idea of spirituality in the selected poems of Jalaluddin Rumi, one of the Persian poets who also known as a great Sufi in the world. The objective of this study is to reveal the representation of spirituality through the pastoral images that Rumi employs in his selected poems. By providing textual analysis, this study focuses on pastoral image as one of the components of ecocriticism whereas this field attempts to understand the complexity of relationship within nature. Also, the theory of spirituality is conducted in order to reveal the idea of spirituality. The result of this study shows that pastoral images containing in Rumi’s selected poems can be categorized into six groups; chemical element, lands, liquid element, plant, seasonal and solid element. Through those pastoral images the representation of spirituality that Rumi exhibits in his selected poems pervades four aspects; human relation, the meaning of life, the goal of life and transcendence relation.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Jamiatus Soleha
AU  - Pratiwi Retnaningdyah
PY  - 2019/12
DA  - 2019/12
TI  - The Representation of Spirituality in Rumi’s Selected Poems: An Ecocriticism Analysis
BT  - Proceedings of the Social Sciences, Humanities and  Education Conference (SoSHEC 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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