In T.S. Eliot’s 'The Waste Land,' the extensive use of quotations from Dante, Shakespeare, and the Upanishads is an example of which intertextual function?
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Correct answer: Fragmentation and cultural synthesis
Eliot used these references to create a 'heap of broken images.' By juxtaposing diverse cultural fragments, he illustrates the disintegration of Western tradition and the attempt to shore up ruins with global wisdom.
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