Life as a stream and the psychology of ‘‘moment’’ in Hafiz’ verse: Application of the blending theory  

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Keshavarz, Fatemeh ; Ghassemzadeh, Habibollah

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Pragmatics: An Interdiciplinary Journal of Language Studies vol. 40 no. 10 (Oct. 2008), page 1781-1798.
Topik: Poetic metaphor; Conceptual theory of metaphor; Blending theory; Emergent structure; Concept of life; Heuristic device; Shifting in Frames; Hafiz; Khayyam; Sa’di
Fulltext: Keshavarz_Fatemeh.pdf (571.97KB)

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One of the main interpretations of life as a poetic metaphorical concept is a stream or a river. In this article we analyze a well-known verse by Hafiz of Shiraz in which life has been conceptualized as a stream, utilizing domain mapping as well as blending theories of metaphor. It is concluded that metaphors, in general, are multi-dimensional structures which involve many cognitive, emotional, and motivational processes, and poetic metaphors, in particular, act as heuristic device for a world view. Their main function is to provide a shift from one frame to another, based on an emergent structure. The reader, in this shifting process, is drawn into the poem not as an observer, but as an active and dynamic participant. Hafiz’ verse provides us with an excellent example of such a shift on the one hand, and the active role of the reader, on the other.

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