T.S. Eliot'ın "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", "Portrait of a Lady", "La Figlia Che Piange" ve "The Waste Land" şiirlerinde aşkın başarısızlığı

ABSTRACT "Failure of love in T.S. Eliofs Poems: 'Love Song of O. Alfred Prufrock', 'Portrait of A Lady', La Figlia che Piange' and The Waste Land' by MİNE ÖZ YURT M. A. in English Literature Advisor: Sam Baskett February, 1994 This dissertation aims at pursuing the failure of love theme in T.S. Eliot's above mentioned poems. In the Introduction, poetry of Eliot, who is one of the most outstanding figures of Modernist Poetry, and the historical-social facts which influenced his poetry are discussed In the light of the phenomena, which appeared during the First World War and the industrialization, such as human isolation, lack of communication, disbelief in traditional beliefs and thoughts, how Eliot revealed the failure of love theme in his poems is studied In the Conclusion, It is pointed out that Eliofs characters, each in his/her prison, are unable to speak and communicate; these silent characters hopelessly look for love which does not exist any more.