symbolism

symbolisme

Utilisation d’objets, d’images ou d’actions pour exprimer des idées au-delà de leur sens direct.

En anglais simple : The use of objects, pictures, or actions to express ideas beyond their direct meaning.

• The poem uses colour symbolism.
• We discussed the symbolism of the broken clock.
• What does the bird’s symbolism tell us about the story?

Comment l'utiliser : symbolism of something (She explained the symbolism of the red door.)

Expressions courantes : religious symbolism, symbolism in art

symbolisme

Courant artistique et littéraire qui exprimait des idées profondes par des images et des significations indirectes.

En anglais simple : A movement in art and writing that used images and indirect meanings to express deep ideas.

• She studies symbolism in French poetry.
• The exhibition explores symbolism in nineteenth-century painting.
• His early poems show the influence of symbolism.

Expressions courantes : French symbolism, symbolism in poetry