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Olasode, Chikodi Adeola
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LIMINAL SPACE IN WILLIAM BLAKE'S POETRY Olasode, Chikodi Adeola
UC Journal: ELT, Linguistics and Literature Journal Vol 6, No 1 (2025): May 2025
Publisher : Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/uc.v6i1.11429

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“Thresholds" between different states of consciousness, states of being, or fully cognitive and perceptive states are the essence of many poems by William Blake. This paper discusses how liminality is used by Blake to break limits and express the experience of change. Based on the close readings of the selected examples from Blake’s opus—‘Songs of Innocence and of Experience’—as well as his prophetic books, it is possible to define certain characteristics of the liminal space in his work. The liminal exploration of Blake's poetry possesses the quality of traversing those boundaries and questioning the societal conditions surrounding the event or, at the very least, taking the revisit of innocence by the experience into a different space designated for imagining further with respect to human existence. It should also be noted that there is a duality of the body and a duality of the spirit in Blake's works; they are Blake's pronouncements of a totality both outside the physical and the spiritual.  Through his questioning of set norms, Blake empowers readers to reexamine their understanding of morality, spirituality, and identity and encourages their reincorporation into actual change.
IMAGINED SPACES AND MEMORY IN WALCOTT’S POETRY Olasode, Chikodi Adeola
UC Journal: ELT, Linguistics and Literature Journal Vol 6, No 2 (2025): November 2025
Publisher : Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/uc.v6i2.11758

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The poetry of Derek Walcott is deeply rooted and attached to the landscapes of his land, and he infuses his poetry with memories from the Caribbean. He employs imagery in his poems that makes real and imaginary a sense of place, which is influenced by St. Lucia, where he grew up, and collective colonial history. This study examines the significance of imagined spaces and memory in Derek Walcott's poetry, exploring how the poet uses mental images and visions to create landscapes, settings, and atmospheres that delve into complex ideas, emotions, and thoughts. Imagination as well as memory plays a huge role in his poems, and it is infused throughout his works. This perfectly encapsulates the pieces of works of Walcott where poetry serves as a fusion of the real world with one’s visions. This study employs a variety of theoretical lenses, among them postcolonial theory, cultural studies, and ecocriticism, to explore the consequences of Walcott's poetry for our conception of identity, location, and remembrance. Walcott's poetry is a strong medium through which one can explore the intricacies of humanity, and this research proves the need for his work in not only literary studies but also cultural studies and others.
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