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Language Poetry and the Problem of the Subject

Language Poetry and the Problem of the Subject

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  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi

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  • 2007

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Abstract (2. Language): 
Under the light of poststructuralist theories the movement known as the Language-oriented, "Language-centered" poetry, "radical poetry," or "Language poetry" foregrounds writing, and therefore language as a system. Language poets propose that subject is a construction of language, and that this construction has to do with ideology and power relations operating in language. The aim here is to make the reader aware of the functioning of the capitalist ideology in his/her language habits. But such a stance indicates the presence of a conscious author behind the text. Therefore, Language poets' approach to the problem of the subject seems to be closer to the impersonal author of T. S. Eliot and the New Criticism rather than confirming the death of the author. To remove the author-God behind the text is possible not by murdering the author but by reinstating his/her presence in and through language, by establishing a communicative relation between the writing and the written subject.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
"Dil-merkezli," "Dil-yönelimli" şiir, "radikal şiir," ya da "Dil şiiri" olarak adlandırılan oluşum post yapısalcı kuramların ışığı altında, yazıyı, dolayısıyla bir sistem olarak dili ön plana çıkarır; Dil şiiri, öznenin dilin içinde, dil tarafından yapılandırıldığına, bu yapılandırmanın dile içkin ideoloji ve güç ilişkileri ile bağlantılı olduğuna dikkat çeker. Burada amaç, dilin dinamikleri içinde, okuru dil alışkanlıklarına sinen ideolojik yönlendirmeler konusunda bilinçlendirmek ve davranış değişikliği yaratmaktır. Ancak, böyle bir amaç, metnin gerisinde duran bilinçli bir şairi gerektirmektedir. Dolayısıyla, Dil şiirinin özne sorununa yaklaşımı yazarın ölümünü teyit etmekten çok T. S. Eliot ve Yeni Eleştirinin birey olarak yazarı metnin dışına iten tavrına yakın görünmektedir. Tanrı-Yazar'dan kurtulmanın yolu ise yazarı öldürmek değil yazarın bizzat dil içinde, dil yolu ile bulunuşunu sağlamak, yazan ile yazılan özne arasında etkileşim kurmaktır.
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