Knowing is Seaing: Conceptual Metaphor in the Fiction of Kate Chopin
Description:
This paper examines the metaphoric structures that underlie Chopin's major novel, The Awakening, as well as those underlying selected short stories. Drawing on the modern theory of metaphor described by Mark Turner, George Lakoff, and Mark Johnson, the author argues that conceptual metaphors are the structural elements that underlie our experiences, thoughts, and words, and that their presence is revealed through our everyday language. Since these conceptual structures are representative of hum…
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Date:
May 1997
Creator:
Green, Suzanne Disheroon, 1963-