Denunciation of Institutionalized Violence: A Critical Reading on Randall Jarrell’s War Poems
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Theresearchentitled“DenunciationofInstitutionalized Violence:ACritical
ReadingonRandallJarrell’sWarPoems”explorestheresistanceagainst power
politics of State violenceinJarrell’swarpoemsinthelightofNew Historicism.His
poemsareimpregnatedwiththeconscienceofcondemnation,revolt andresistancefor
theliberationandfreedomofindividualswhoareforcefullypushedintothe
battlefieldowingtotheexcessiveadministrativepowerexercisedbymodern
technologicalbureaucraticState.Hence,hispoemsfunctiontoawakeconsciousness
ofresistanceinthemindofthesoldierswhoarephysicallywoundedand
psychologicallyagonizedinordertoresisttheStateviolence.Therefore,Jarrellhas
employedpoetryasadynamiclocationforstagingcondemnationagainstthemost
oppressivefeaturesofmodernhegemonicState.However,hisresistancecarriesa
deeppoliticalvision thatistoachieveliberation,freedomandjusticeforthe
victimizedwarriorsorindividuals.