Symbolism and Eliminating the Linear Process of the Time

The passage of time has always been tragic and will be forever. Symbolism is a literary school which has been established as a result of a literary and artistic movement in Europe in order to escape from time by using skillful techniques. Indeed, the symbolist writers and poets make use of symbols and icons in order to expand or contract the passage of time. Hence, many literary works and movies have been written and produced based on this theory. Nonetheless, the authors’ attempts in these works to eliminate time or change its direction are in vain. The tragic passage of time has been revealed in the novels of “The Portrait of Doran Gray” by Oscar Wilde and “the Black Cat”, the movie “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, and mystical works of Iranian poets such as Mevlana, Attar, etc. In other words, some of these works have been successful in changing or eliminating the linear process of the time whereas some others were not able to get rid of its tragic aspect. The passage of time is inevitable and will be permanently so.