Symbol Meaning & Definition
Symbol Meaning & Definition
A Symbol is an object- animate or inanimate- that stands for something else. In a general sense, everything is a symbol of what it means or signifies. For example- the ‘sun’ is a symbol of ‘light’, the ‘lion’ is the symbol of ‘ferocity’, the ‘flower’ is the symbol of ‘beauty’ etc. But in literature when an object is used to represent, illustrate, clarify, to deepen, reinforce or intensify the meaning or significance of something else is called a Symbol. In brief, to say, the use of symbol is a literary device to represent and reinforce a thing, an idea, a feeling or a circumstance. 0 0 0.
N. B. The article originally belongs to the book entitled ‘ The Laws of Literature‘ by Menonim Menonimus
Books on Literary Criticism by M. Menonimus:
- World Short Story Criticism
- World Poetry Criticism
- World Drama Criticism
- World Novel Criticism
- World Essay Criticism
- Indian English Poetry Criticism
- Indian English Poets and Poetry Chief Features
- Emily Dickinson’s Poetry-A Thematic Study
- Walt Whitman’s Poetry-A Thematic Study
- Critical Essays on English Poetry
- Tawfiq al-Hakim’s Novel: Return of the Spirit-An Analytical Study
- Tawfiq al-Hakim’s Novel: ‘Yawmiyyat Naib Fil Arayaf’-An Analytical Study
- Analytical Studies of Some Arabic Short Stories
- A Brief History of Arabic Literature: Pre-Islamic Period (500 AD-622 AD)
- A Brief History of Arabic Literature: Early Islamic Period (622 AD-661 AD) …
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