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T.S. ELIOT (1888-1965) - Coggle Diagram
T.S. ELIOT
(1888-1965)
LIFE
Born in USA
he studied
in Europe
Oxford
Sorbonne (Paris)
in the first world war he worked in a bank in England
he met EZRA POUND
he had a
brakedown in 1921
he went to
Swiss to take care
where in 1922 he wrote "the Waste Land'
he became the leader of modernist poets and accepted the anglican religion
1935: he wrote "Murder in the Cathedral"
after the ww2 he wrote
comedies and drama critics
as critic, he attacks modern society
THE WASTE
LAND
5 sections
The Fire Sermon
Death by Water
A Game of Chess
What the Thunder Said
The Burial of the Dead
CHARATERISTICS
he searches a new tradition
Dissinllusion of the modern world
he explains his nihilism
decay of western civilization
images are juxtaposed
spiritual dryness and sterility of modern life
STRUCTURE
IMAGES
the Golden Bough --> ancient pagan rites and myths iN the peom
the Holy Grail
the Fhiser king
modern landscapes and ancient myths
METHODS
no traditional structure
no realistic or logical continuity
use of
"stream of consciousness "
technique
time shifts
association of thoughts
use of ancient writer (Dante) to express modern images
use of
free verse
PLOT: life in London after WW1 using various landscapes: desert, ocean, metropolis