Abstract
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’s somewhat awkward reception initially put
Coleridge into a difficulty of how to defend its lack of logic and unintelligibility of
events. As a handy solution to the problem he sub-titled the poem as ‗a poet‘s
reverie.‘ This topical strategy proved counterproductive. In the wake of
psychoanalytic literary criticism this aspect of the poem is greatly focused upon to
explore the unconscious workings of the mind as a backstage performance. Mostly
judged on the bases of the ballad‘s dream-like atmosphere, there have been
speculations on its sources of ancestry and frequent efforts have been made to justify
these connections one way or the other. If placed within the atmosphere of dreams
and soundly defended with arguments, the poem would serve not only to read its
complicated symbolic patterns and some seemingly illogical incidents, but also
establish a connection of the dream-world to our psychological dynamics as human
beings. The making of connections simultaneously smoothens out disturbances in the
mind by integrating new material—calming a storm—and also produces more and
broader connections by weaving in new material. It does not simply consolidate
memory, but interweaves and increases memory connections. In the Mariner‘s story,
which is by and large an oneiric experience, his dream symbols reflect the condition
of his inner world.
Syed Zahid Ali Shah, Nasir Jamal Khattak . (2016) Oneiric Reality of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”: A Jungian Analysis1, The Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, Volume-24, Issue-1.
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