Lucian Blaga`s Poetic Style in Prose: The Chronicle and Song of Ages
Lucian Blaga`s Poetic Style in Prose: The Chronicle and Song of Ages
Author(s): Mădălina-Steliana DeaconuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Poetry, Studies of Literature, Romanian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: metaphoric mapping; cognitive/conceptual metaphors; metaphoric mechanism; linguistic metaphors;
Summary/Abstract: The present paper aims at giving a brief insight into Lucian Blaga`s poetic style in prose, as it is revealed by the figures of speech, mainly by metaphors. They are analyzed both from the cognitive linguistics point of view and from the traditional linguistics one. The first part of the paper is a general presentation of Lucian Blaga`s volume, The Chronicle and Song of Ages, the second part focuses on the cognitive analysis of some metaphors, identifying the cognitive metaphors and describing the metaphoric mapping, whereas the third part focuses on the traditional analysis of metaphors, identifying the linguistic metaphors and describing the metaphoric mechanism. The fourth part of the paper gathers the conclusions, bringing together the main ideas.
Journal: Crossing Boundaries in Culture and Communication
- Issue Year: 14/2023
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 79-90
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
