Chapter Three
The symbolism of animal farm
The word “symbolism” is derived from the word “symbol”, which refers to the use of symbols, or a set of related symbols (Baldick 2000: 219).
Symbolism can therefore be defined as the art of expressing ideas and emotions not by describing them directly, nor by defining them through overt comparisons with concrete images, but re-creating them in the mind of the reader through the use of unexplained symbols. (Chadwick 1971: 6)
Symbolism is a kind of implied message. Readers grope the underlying meanings by reading between the lines (SiBen Chen 2008: 112). Symbolism can be said to be an attempt to penetrate beyond reality to a world of ideas.
Symbolism is used in many aspects, including religion, expressive …show more content…
The French writers reacted against the descriptive precision and objectivity of realism and the scientific determinism of naturalism. The style had its beginnings with the publication Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil 1857) by Charles Baudelaire. The works of Edgar Allan Poe, which Baudelaire admired greatly and translated into French, were a significant influence and the source of many stock tropes and images. Other symbolist writers included the poets Rimbaud and Laforgue, the novelists Joris-Karl Huysmans (A Rebours 1884) and Edouard Dufardin, the dramatists Maurice Maeterlinck and so on. Its influence on the other arts can be seen in the music of Debussy and the paintings of Odilon Redon, Gustave Moreau, Van Gogh and Gauguin (Murray 1999: 1086).The aesthetic was developed by Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Verlaine during the 1860s and '70s. In the 1880s, the aesthetic was articulated by a series of manifestoes and attracted a generation of writers. (Olds 2006: 155-62)
Symbolism is a part of modernism. As a school, symbolism has some major features. First, the authors of symbolism change their perspectives from the material world to the inner world. Their literature works are characterized by the rejection of tradition. They stress on subjectivity. So they express their feelings with imagination and creation. The world under their imagination is the image and mark of
The symbolism of animal farm
The word “symbolism” is derived from the word “symbol”, which refers to the use of symbols, or a set of related symbols (Baldick 2000: 219).
Symbolism can therefore be defined as the art of expressing ideas and emotions not by describing them directly, nor by defining them through overt comparisons with concrete images, but re-creating them in the mind of the reader through the use of unexplained symbols. (Chadwick 1971: 6)
Symbolism is a kind of implied message. Readers grope the underlying meanings by reading between the lines (SiBen Chen 2008: 112). Symbolism can be said to be an attempt to penetrate beyond reality to a world of ideas.
Symbolism is used in many aspects, including religion, expressive …show more content…
The French writers reacted against the descriptive precision and objectivity of realism and the scientific determinism of naturalism. The style had its beginnings with the publication Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil 1857) by Charles Baudelaire. The works of Edgar Allan Poe, which Baudelaire admired greatly and translated into French, were a significant influence and the source of many stock tropes and images. Other symbolist writers included the poets Rimbaud and Laforgue, the novelists Joris-Karl Huysmans (A Rebours 1884) and Edouard Dufardin, the dramatists Maurice Maeterlinck and so on. Its influence on the other arts can be seen in the music of Debussy and the paintings of Odilon Redon, Gustave Moreau, Van Gogh and Gauguin (Murray 1999: 1086).The aesthetic was developed by Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Verlaine during the 1860s and '70s. In the 1880s, the aesthetic was articulated by a series of manifestoes and attracted a generation of writers. (Olds 2006: 155-62)
Symbolism is a part of modernism. As a school, symbolism has some major features. First, the authors of symbolism change their perspectives from the material world to the inner world. Their literature works are characterized by the rejection of tradition. They stress on subjectivity. So they express their feelings with imagination and creation. The world under their imagination is the image and mark of