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- Title
THOMAS GRAY'S "ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD": ACKNOWLEDGING THE COLLECTIVE SHADOW.
- Authors
Rehman, Mushtaq ur
- Abstract
Thomas Gray's "Elegy" focuses on the undeveloped and unacknowledged humans of the country side who are or have been marginalized from the main stream of the society. The abject poverty which keeps them underdeveloped or undeveloped like weeds beneath the tall trees is the result of unequal distribution of wealth and un-acceptance of their due rights as humans. If read from a Jungian analytical psychology, these marginalized contents of the society are symbolic of the collective shadow which needs to be acknowledged and integrated into the conscious attitude. This paper is an attempt to read the "Elegy" from a Jungian point of view and sheds light on how Grey urges us to accept the unacceptable into our conscious life which is so essential for a peaceful coexistence
- Subjects
ELEGY, Written in a Country Churchyard (Poem); GRAY, Thomas, 1716-1771; HUMANITY in literature; ARTISTIC creation; EQUALITY in literature
- Publication
Gomal University Journal of Research, 2012, Vol 28, Issue 1, p97
- ISSN
1019-8180
- Publication type
Article