The SymbolistsBy Kyle DananMar SarmientoEmmanuel Millan

SymbolismEra after Romanticism and before

ModernismOriginated with French poets in 19th

century DecadentTook “yearning for transcendence” from

Romantic poets, made it more sensual, gave it to Modernists

Art over “real” (Emotion over Reason)Associated with “art for art’s-sake”

movement

SymbolismOpposition to Naturalism and

Realism“Darker side of human nature.”

◦Inspired by Edgar Allen PoeEvoke feelings rather than

describing

Symbolist PoetsCharles Baudelaire Arthur Rimbaud Oscar WildeArthur SymonsWilliam Butler Yeats

Symbolist Techniques and Themes

SymbolismMetaphorsImageryCrepuscules (waking and

sleeping); DreamsSynesthesiaMellifluous tones (musical)

William Butler YeatsJune 13, 1865 – January 28, 1939

Facts Irish poet and a playwright Born in Dublin Educated in Dublin and LondonAwarded the Nobel Prize in

Literature Served as an Irish senator for 2

years

StyleAllusive imagery and symbolic structures.Chooses words and assemble them in

addition to his own abstract meaning.Symbols: usually something physical that

is both itself and a suggestion of other.Modernist that is a master of traditional

forms other than experimenting with free verse.

Poetry and plays are written in a more personal vein.

Works1. When You Are Old2. A Crazed Girl3. He Wishes For The Clothes Of Heaven4. Sailing To Byzantium5. A Drinking Song6. A Dream Of Death7. A Coat8. A Dialogue Of Self And Soul9. A Faery Song10. A Bronze Head

Arthur Symons

February 28, 1865 – January 22, 1954

FactsBorn in WalesGreatly influenced by the work of

Paul VerlaineFirst volume of verse, Days and

Nights (1889), consisted of dramatic monologues

Schooled privately, spending much of his time in France and Italy

Style Uses symbolism Influenced by William Butler

Yeats, T.S. Eliot, and Paul Verlaine.

Disillusionment of feelings appears many times in his poetry.

Works

1. As A Perfume2. An Ending3. A Brother Of The Battuti4. A Winter’s Night

Oscar Wilde

Oct 16, 1854 - Nov 30, 1900

FactsMother’s English translation of

Sidonia the Sorceress deeply influenced writings

Published first collection of poems in 1881

Met Walt Whitman while giving a lecture tour in America

Established self as leader of aesthetic movement

May 1895, sentenced to two years in Reading Gaol for “gross indecency”

Works

1. Chanson2. Impression du Matin3. Ravenna4. Poems (A collection of poems)5. The Ballad of Reading Gaol

Les Silhouettes

AP QUESTIONS

Study the painting in the following link and explain how the symbols in the painting relay the theme of the painting. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=symbolist+paintings&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=C14F581B572570498376545833F19F779121A3EC&selectedIndex=1

AP QUESTIONSGo, little book,To him who, on a lute with horns of pearl,Sang of the white feet of the Golden Girl:And bid him lookInto thy pages: it may hap that heMay find that golden maidens dance through thee.

Read the poem by Oscar Wilde above and write an essay identifying how the figurative language relates to the theme of the poem.

AP QUESTIONSThe yellow leaves begin to fadeAnd flutter from the Temple elms,And at my feet the pale green ThamesLies like a rod of rippled jade.

Read the excerpt of a poem above, then write an essay in which you explain how the literary devices used creates a vague and mysterious mood.

QUIZ

#1 out of 3

A B

C D

Symbolism originated in:A. The Americas

B. FranceC. Poetry

D. Novel Writing

#2 out of 3

A B

C D

Symbolists were also known as:A. Decadents

B. DescendantsC. Poets

D. Modernists

#3 out of 3

A B

C D

Which of the following statement is false?A. Symbolist poems evoke rather than tell

B. Symbolism opposed RealismC. There are only French Symbolists

D. One of the above statements is false.

QUIZ FINISHED!

Linkshttp://www.world-class-poetry.com/sy

mbolism-poetry-movement.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/577796/Symbolism/

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5674 (French Symbolists)

http://www.textetc.com/modernist/symbolism.html