Mythology in the Epigraph of The Waste Land

Mythology in the Epigraph of The Waste Land

王宁

【期刊名称】《《英语广场(下旬刊 )》》

【年(卷),期】2012(000)001

【摘要】T.S.Eliot's The Waste Land is a poem that concerns with the spiritual decline of the modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning,significance and purpose.Meanwhile it is especially famous for its obscurity.There is no logical and plotting connection with each other.However,Eliot puts these fragments together skillfully with stories of mythology and allusions.Furthermore he takes myth as a unifying tool connecting each individual section together revealing mythology as the framework of the poem.

【总页数】2页(56-57)

【关键词】myth; epigraph; allusion; metaphor

【作者】王宁

【作者单位】哈尔滨工程大学

【正文语种】中文

【中图分类】H0-0

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