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Symbols

Published on Nov 27, 2015

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SYMBOLS

IN LITERARY TEXTS
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A symbol is something in the world of the senses that reveals or is a sign for something else, often abstract or otherworldly.

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A symbol can also be an action.

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A ROSE

IS OFTEN CONSIDERED A SYMBOL FOR LOVE.
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Every word denotes, refers to, or labels something in the world...

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...but a symbol has a concreteness not shared by language...

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and can point to something that transcends ordinary experience.

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"The symbol may be regarded as a metaphor from which the first term has been omitted."*

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*Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren in their book Understanding Poetry, 1960.

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Definition from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/glossary-terms?letter=S

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CIRLOT

A TERRIFIC SOURCE FOR DEFINING SYMBOLS

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