| Abstrakt: |
Symbolism had been a powerful literary movement that dominated French poetry in the second half of the 19th century. Symbolism was the poetry of disgusted and sometimes disillusioned idealists, who sought in poetry an escape from the ugliness, hypocrisy, and rapacity of 19th century industrialized society. To these poets, the newly triumphant bourgeois class lacked culture and taste and seemed to care only for useful inventions, facts, or material products and wealth. In contrast to this materialist, utilitarian, and practical view of the world, symbolist poetry emphasized an ideal world beyond the material, and sought an ideal language to express that world. Symbols are essentially words, which are not merely connotative but also evocative and emotive. In addition to their meaning, they also call up or evoke before the mind's eye a host of associations connected with them, and are rich in emotional significance. A symbol can be used to convey "pure sensation" or the poet's apprehension of transcendental mystery. It is by the use of symbols that the poet enriches the texture of his verse and reveals the full significance and deeper meaning of a particular situation, events and happenings. On the surface there, might be merely a plain and simple narration or description, and the poem may be enjoyed as such, but a careful reading reveals the hidden and deeper meaning. Present paper is an effort to examine the way how T.S. Eliot uses his symbols in his legendry poem 'The Waste Land.' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
