The â€˜Beingâ€™ of Man in Gebre-Kiristos Destaâ€™s Anthology of Poetry

Belayneh Taye Gedifew

doi:10.20372/ejlcc.v2i1.370

Belayneh Taye Gedifew PhD Student, Doctoral School of Philosophy, University of Szeged, Hungary Lecturer, Department of Political Science and International Studies, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.20372/ejlcc.v2i1.370

Keywords: Being, Existence, Gebre-Kistos Desta, Space, Time

Abstract

This study investigates how the â€™Being' of man is represented in Gebre-Kristos Destaâ€™s (2005) â€™Menges Situgn Sefiâ€™ (Give me vast pathway) Anthology of Poetry. The study has identifed fundamental categories which Gebre-Kirstos has provided implicitly or explicitly as the basis of the fundamental ontology of humans. In light of these categories, the study has provided meaning to how Gebre-Kistos understood the the â€˜Beingâ€™ of humans. A hermeneutic reading of the texts in general and the poems in particular has been employed to interpret the fundamental nature of the Being of humans as represented in the poems.

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