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objective correlative: a standalone construct

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Literary theory

an external object, scene or sequence of events that stands for a particular emotion, so that presenting it calls up that emotion in the reader.

In literary theory, objective correlative refers to an external object, scene or sequence of events that stands for a particular emotion, so that presenting it calls up that emotion in the reader. This meaning comes from Eliot (1920) in The sacred wood.[1]

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References

  1. Eliot, T. S. (1920). The sacred wood: Essays on poetry and criticism. Methuen. Open Library record

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