Cognitive study of image schema and dying-mind in Tagore's near-death experience (NDE) poems

Mohammad Shalauddin; Mohammed Shamsul Hoque; Touhid Bhuiyan

doi:10.21659/rupkatha.v9n2.31

Cognitive study of image schema and dying-mind in Tagore's near-death experience (NDE) poems

Mohammad Shalauddin, Mohammed Shamsul Hoque, Touhid Bhuiyan

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Abstract

This study aims at analyzing image schemas (Johnson, 1987) and stages of grief (Kubler-Ross, 1969) in Tagore's near-death experience (NDE) poems written in the last ninety days before his death. Selected verses of the period in question are analyzed using benchmarks set by Johnson and Kubler-Ross. Relation between the schemas and some linguistic forms, themes and moods of these poems are also analyzed. Findings include Dying-mind is centered to self and influences the type and frequency of all the schemas within it. Similar mental stages of grief-Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance - are also found in the NDE poems. Though death is depicted by Tagore even to the stature of "Shyam" in his earlier poems, it is presented as "A moving screen of varied fears" in the end, which is supported by the theory of Kubler-Ross.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	303-320
Number of pages	18
Journal	Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v9n2.31
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cognitive linguistics
Image schema
Kubler-Ross model
NDE poems
Tagore

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Cognitive study of image schema and dying-mind in Tagore's near-death experience (NDE) poems

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