Реферат: Symbolism Essay Research Paper I have
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Symbolism Essay, Research Paper : I have never understood the purpose of digging about for symbolism in and author’s work, and comparing the symbolism in 2 authors’ works seems ven more of an exercise in academic futility. Perhaps this is a neurological flaw, as I am hardwired more toward logical pursuits: words are logical symbols for objects, emotions, events, etc. Comparison of the symbolism in two disparate works or two authors seemed at best a logical fallacy, and at worst an invasive and unprofessional psychological case study of what goes on in a writer’s head. : I don’t mean to sound like a “wiseass.” One professor of mine in colloge almost succeeded in killing any love I had for literature–and short-stories in particular–by pointing out ad nauseum every “symbol.” I remeber seething as he stood in front of the class dissecting Flannery O’Connor: Her is a guy who probably hadn’t left Brooklyn until he entered Harvard, and had spent most of his life in the rarefied environmnet of academia. Did he honestly know anything about the life of a 40-something, intelligent, articulate woman who lived in the South; where women were traditionally depended on the men with whom they were affiliated for protection and their identities; where a woman’s opinion on politics or social issues was insignificant? I could not see how he possibly arrived at his conclusions–which I’ve forgotten, or blocked. : At the risk of branding my self as a plebian from the cultural wasteland, I missed the point of searching for symbolism. Is there a point–other than assigning a grade–to parsing a writer’s words for symbolism? And assuming there is, who’s to say that the symbolism percieved by any one doctoral candidate is even valid if there’s no corroboration from the writer about what was actually going on in his mind at a given point in a story. If you dwell on such things long enough don’t you risk seeing things that just aren’t there? |