Allusion in T. S. Eliot's 'The Hollow Men' | ||
| Journal of University of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 22, Issue 2, March 2014, Pages 373-384 | ||
| Author | ||
| Haider Jebur Mihsin | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present paper is concerned with a strategic literary concept in T. S. Eliot's poem "The Hollow Men", i.e., use of "Allusion" through which Eliot quotes events, images, and characters from the past literary works to be alluded to in his present literary works. Allusive style in Eliot's poetry performs a double duty, simultaneously, which is to elicit a distant tradition on one hand, and transform it into a modern idiom on the other hand. Hence, critics describe the poetry of T. S. Eliot as an "allusive", which can be intelligible for readers who have a prior knowledge with literary tradition. Allusion, as an integral part of Eliot's approach, reinforces the value of culture as well as validate the literariness of his own poems. Accordingly, Eliot's "The Hollow Men" readers continue to struggle with this poetic practice which requires both immense learning and considerable patience to get the significance of the poem. | ||
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