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Considering T.S. Eliot's theory of the objective correlative, this raises the question of whether his intent concerning the emotional impact of the poem even comes through. To the layman who lacks the background of literary tradition necessary to decipher the layers of The Waste Land, for whom derivative works and multimedia play an even larger role in the interpretation of the poem, this question becomes even more relevant. | Considering T.S. Eliot's theory of the objective correlative, this raises the question of whether his intent concerning the emotional impact of the poem even comes through. To the layman who lacks the background of literary tradition necessary to decipher the layers of The Waste Land, for whom derivative works and multimedia play an even larger role in the interpretation of the poem, this question becomes even more relevant. | ||
| − | One work that stands out as particularly interpretive is [http://youtu.be/6TCZsJV4V5A The Waste Land (The Burial of the Dead)], by Milad and Isabella. The video claims its own point of view on the poem even in direct defiance to Eliot's intent, saying, "It's all based on short episodes and fragmentations that represent the fall of Europe, despite the fact that T.S. Eliot himself denies this interpretation." The video continues with a quick, loose breakdown of the first section, "The Burial of the Dead," stating one-to-one correlations between given symbols and their interpretations that are, quite frankly, rather pedantic and reductive. What follows is a collection of images and clips--at times appropriately surrealist, and at others running rather close to literal depictions of the poem's subject matter. The overall impression that results is one of restriction, of right and wrong answers with nothing in between. | + | One work that stands out as particularly interpretive is [http://youtu.be/6TCZsJV4V5A The Waste Land (The Burial of the Dead)], by Milad and Isabella. |
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| + | The video claims its own point of view on the poem even in direct defiance to Eliot's intent, saying, "It's all based on short episodes and fragmentations that represent the fall of Europe, despite the fact that T.S. Eliot himself denies this interpretation." The video continues with a quick, loose breakdown of the first section, "The Burial of the Dead," stating one-to-one correlations between given symbols and their interpretations that are, quite frankly, rather pedantic and reductive. What follows is a collection of images and clips--at times appropriately surrealist, and at others running rather close to literal depictions of the poem's subject matter. The overall impression that results is one of restriction, of right and wrong answers with nothing in between. | ||
