The traumatic impact of death on human realization : a reading in Alfred Lord Tennyson' selected poems

Abstract EN

Trauma is one of the most critical aspect of the human beings, mainly because it can affect and change their life.

Death is the best representative for traumatic event, for it reflects the maximum extent of stress, sadness and melancholy.

The English Victorian poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson, has sad experiences with death that lead him to think in different way.

So, he develops his new way of realization of life and Death throughout his poetry especially: In Memoriam A.

A.

H.

, Crossing the Bar.

Key words: Trauma, Death, transcendental signified, In Memoriam.