Journal of Literary Criticism  and  Rhetoric

Journal of Literary Criticism and Rhetoric

Investigating bias metaphor and image schemas in Shamloo’s poems

Document Type : scientific-research

Authors
1 M.A. in Persian Language and Literture of University of Shahid
2 Professor of University of Allameh Tabatabayi
Abstract
Metaphor is a subject that has attracted the attention of theorists from different sciences of eloquency, linguistics, philosophy and etc.
Cognitive school is one of the schools which pays a specific attention to metaphor. Cognitive semantics is a branch steming from cognitive school that defines any kinds of cognition and dectaving of       abstract concepts in the from of more concrete concepts as a metaphorical application. In this research, after offering some general definitions about this subject including classic and romantic theories, we will describe declared principles by cognitive  semantic scientists_especially basic concepts such as bias metaphor and image schemas. Then we would try to exploit samples and examples  adapted to this concept of shamloo,s poems
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Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
Summer 2012
Pages 99-126

  • Receive Date 06 June 2012
  • Accept Date 03 July 2012