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An analysis of symbolism in English literary works

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DOI: 10.23977/ISEEH2022.006

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Puqing Shi

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Puqing Shi

ABSTRACT

This paper mainly analyzes symbolism from the perspective of literature. In terms of form, it is analyzed from the aspects of context, polysemy and color expression; In terms of structure, from words and sentences, paragraphs to chapters, and then to the whole work, from surface to point, from shallow to deep, one by one, so that readers can obtain a comprehensive understanding of the wonderful use of symbolic techniques from micro to macro. All the texts are from famous foreign works, which can accurately and vividly express the theme of this paper. This paper makes readers construct a holistic framework for the use of symbolism.

KEYWORDS

Symbolism, Structural symbols, Color representation, English literary

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