The Symbolist Movement Janet Ignacio Kc Francisco Michelle

The Symbolist Movement Janet Ignacio Kc Francisco Michelle Smith Jeffrey Alvarado

What is the Symbolist Movement? q Originated from France: 1850’s-1900’s q Symbolism was an idealistic movement, created by artists discontented with their culture q Is a link between Romanticism and Modernism. q The poetry conveys very personal, irrational, and dream-like state of consciousness.

Poetic Techniques & Themes q Imagery q Personification q Simile q Allusion q Synecdoche q Alliteration q Metaphor q Symbolism q Allusion

Thomas Stearns “T. S” Eliot � Born [American] on September 26, 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri. � Educated at Harvard University & Merton College, Oxford. � Received a B. A in Philosophy � Became a British Citizen in 1927, also becoming a member of the Anglican Church. � Settled in England, where he was for a time a schoolmaster and a bank clerk, and � � � eventually literary editor for the publishing house Faber & Faber, of which he later became a director. Became a poet, dramatist, and a literary critic. Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. Married a Cambridge governess, Vivienne Haigh-Wood, in June 26, 1915. Separated in 1932, and re-married to former secretary, Esmé Valerie Fletcher (32) in 1957. He founded and, during the seventeen years of its publication (1922 -1939), edited the exclusive and influential literary journal Criterion T. S Eliot died of emphysema and was cremated in London on January 4, 1965.

Notable Works of T. S Eliot �The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1917) �The Waste Land (1922) �Ash-Wednesday (1930) �The Rock (1934) �Four Quartets (1944)

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock LET us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table; Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: Streets that follow like a tedious argument Of insidious intent To lead you to an overwhelming question. . . Oh, do not ask, "What is it? " Let us go and make our visit. In the room the women come and go Talking of Michelangelo. The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains, Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys, Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap, And seeing that it was a soft October night Curled once about the house, and fell asleep.

Analysis of Figurative Language � Imagery – The description of the setting enhances the story. It features a dark, smelly neighborhood of London. It’s October. Steam is rising from the streets, and a sick yellow fog circulates around the crooked houses. Drunks are stumbling out of the "sawdust restaurants" and sloppy-looking couples argue outside of "cheap hotels. “ “Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: ” “And seeing that it was a soft October night” “The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes ” � Personification - : Parts of the scene are depicted using personification. It’s not the "retreats" that are "muttering, " but it seems that way because they are the kinds of places where you would run into muttering people. Also, the nights aren’t actually "restless"; they make people restless. “Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels”

William Butler Yeats q W. B. Yeats was an Irish poet and dramatist (playwright) q Born in Dublin, Ireland on June 13 th, 1865 q Educated in London and Dublin q Godolphin School in Hammersmith q Eramus Smith High School q Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin q Founded the Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin, 1899, along with Lady Augusta Gregory q Married to Miss George Hyde- Less in 1917 who then too became interested in poetry. q Became elected as an Irish Senator in 1922 until his retirement in 1928. q Received the Noble Prize in Literature in 1923. q Died in Roquebrane, France on January 28, 1929.

Notable Works of William Butler Yeats q When You Are Old (1893) q No Second Troy (1910) q The Rose of the World (1893) q The Unappeasable Host (1899) q Men Improved with the Years (1919)

Leda and the Swan A sudden blow: the great wings beating still Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill, He holds her helpless breast upon his breast. How can those terrified vague fingers push The feathered glory from her loosening thighs? And how can body, laid in that white rush, But feel the strange heart beating where it lies? A shudder in the loins engenders there The broken wall, the burning roof and tower[20] And Agamemnon dead. Being so caught up, So mastered by the brute blood of the air, Did she put on his knowledge with his power Before the indifferent beak could let her drop?

Analysis of Figurative Language q Symbolism: “Leda and the Swan” (Title) q The title is a symbol because the Swan is actually the Greek God, Zeus. q Personification: “How can those terrified vague fingers push. . ” q The fingers cannot be ‘terrified’, only Leda can express that emotion. q Imagery: “A shudder in the loins engenders there. . ” q This emphasizes the actual sexual intercourse. q Allusion: “A broken wall, the burning roof and tower/ And Agamemnon dead. ” q The turning point in the poem; Consequence: from the rape to the fall of Troy. q Synecdoche: “did she put on his knowledge with his power/ Before the indifferent beak could let her drop? ” q The ‘indifferent beak” = Zeus as a Swan.

Arthur Symons � British poet, critic, & magazine editor � born in Wales on February 28, 1865 � Privately educated � Moved to London at 16 and joined a literary community � The Rhymer's Club � was a staff member of Athenaeum, Saturday Review, and The Savoy � had a psychotic breakdown in 1909 and was sent to an asylum � died from pneumonia in 1945

Notable Works of Arthur Symons Silhouettes (1896) The Book of Rhymer's Club (1892) The Symbolist Movement in Literature (1899)

White Heliotrope The feverish room and that white bed, The tumbled skirts upon a chair, The novel flung half-open where Hat, hair-pins, puffs, and paints, are spread; The mirror that has sucked your face Into its secret deep of deeps, And there mysteriously keeps Forgotten memories of grace; And you, half dressed and half awake, Your slant eyes strangely watching me, And I, who watch you drowsily, With eyes that, having slept not, ache; This (need one dread? nay, dare one hope? ) Will rise, a ghost of memory, if Ever again my handkerchief Is scented with White Heliotrope

Analysis of Figurative Language • • • Imagery: The feverish room and that white bed, /the tumbled skirts upon a chair. . . o used to illustrate the poem's promiscuous setting o the room is described as "feverish" because it is hot and sweaty Alliteration: Hat, hair-pins, puffs, and paints are spread o adds rhythm to the poem Personification: The mirror that has sucked your face o the mirror reflects the woman's character, secrets, and memories Metaphor: This (need one dread? nay, dare one hope? )/Will rise a ghost of memory, if. . . o The image of the woman is compared to a ghost o the memory of her will haunt him Symbolism: White Heliotrope o White heliotrope is a beautiful flower that has a pleasant scent, however it is also poisonous and can cause death o May represent the affair or the woman

Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde born 16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 Irish writer and poet Went to Trinity College, Dublin – Wilde became a quickly established member in the University Philosophical Society and was first in his class; presenting his philosophies on aesthetics. One of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890 s Known for his epigrams, his plays and his imprisonment Also known for his involvement in aestheticism

Notable Works of Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) De Profundis (written in 1897 & published in 1905) While in prison, originally a letter written to discuss his career up to date and his fall, blaming himself and taking responsibility.

Impression du Matin The Thames nocturne of blue and gold Changed to a Harmony in grey: A barge with ochre-coloured hay Dropt from the wharf: and chill and cold The yellow fog came creeping down The bridges, till the houses' walls Seemed changed to shadows and St. Paul's Loomed like a bubble o'er the town. Then suddenly arose the clang Of waking life; the streets were stirred With country waggons: and a bird Flew to the glistening roofs and sang. But one pale woman all alone, The daylight kissing her wan hair, Loitered beneath the gas lamps' flare, With lips of flame and heart of stone.

Analysis of Figurative Language � "The Thames nocturne of blue and gold, / Changed to a harmony in gray; / A barge with ocher-colored hay/ Dropped from the wharf. . . " Influence from James A. Mac. Neill whistler from Nocturne in the Blue and Gold: Old Battersea Bridge and Harmony in Gray. � "But one pale woman all alone, / The daylight kissing her wan hair, / Loitered beneath the gas lamp’s flare, / With lips of flame and heart of stone. " Uses of imagery conveying society’s view of prostitution as almost transparent, not seeing the poor, those who are forced to do what they would not otherwise do in order to survive

3 AP Style Writing Prompts The Symbolist Movement conveyed a dream-like state away from their culture. Identify a poem and construct and essay which utilizes figurative language to portray symbolism as a whole. 2. The Symbolist Movement is made up of being personal, irrational, and dream-like. Analyze a poem and construct an essay in which it displays all three. 3. They Symbolist Movement utilizes a lot of figurative language, as does every poetry movement does, but explain how the Symbolist Movement separates itself from other poetry movements. 1.

QUIZ TIME! What is the Symbolist Movement a link between? 2. What 3 words describe the Symbolist Movement? 3. Name 1 Notable Work of T. S Eliot [besides the one we focused on]. 4. In what year did Eliot become a British Citizen and turned to the Anglican Churh. 5. What is a synecdoche? 6. How does Greek Mythology relate to W. B Yeats’s “Leda and the Swan” 7. In the poem Impression Du Matin, how does Oscar Wilde depict the mood of the city compared to the Thames? 8. What happened when Oscar Wilde was in the middle of writing “De Profundis” 9. Where was Arthur Symons born? 10. T/F Arthur Symons died from cancer. 1.

Make it your OWN! �Create your own poem that relates to the Symbolist Movement! �Make sure it’s personal, irrational, and dream-like ; ) �AND GO!

Resources � http: //www. nobelprize. org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1948/eliot- bio. html � http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/T. _S. _Eliot#Life � http: //www. nobelprize. org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1923/yeats- bio. html � http: //www. notablebiographies. com/We-Z/Yeats-William-Butler. html#b � http: //www. online-literature. com/yeats/

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