“LEARNING IS MOVEMENT AND TRAVELLING.” Metaphors referring to JOURNEY in John Henry Newman’s The Idea of a University (1852)
“LEARNING IS MOVEMENT AND TRAVELLING.” Metaphors referring to JOURNEY in John Henry Newman’s The Idea of a University (1852)
Author(s): Adam WarcholSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Higher Education , Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: John Henry Newman; university education; the theory of conceptual metaphor; networks of implicational metaphors; journey;
Summary/Abstract: In his book The Idea of a University, John Henry Newman’s (1801-1890) formulated his vision of university education almost two centuries ago. This paper attempts to frame Newman’s view of a university using the theory of conceptual metaphor as originally offered by Lakoff and Johnson in their book Metaphors We Live By (1980 [2003]; cf. also Lakoff and Johnson 1999; Lakoff 1987, 1993; and Kövecses 2015; among others). In particular, the article seeks to establish the main networks of implicational metaphors which, as it is believed, structure Newman’s idea of a university. Principally, there seem to be three main networks of conceptual metaphors underlying our understanding of Newman’s vision of a university: LIFE IS A BUILING; LIFE IS A LIVING ORGANISM; and LIFE IS A JOURNEY. The paper deals only with the third network in greater detail. In the LIFE IS A JOURNEY metaphor LEARNING is recognised as MOVEMENT AND TRAVELLING, while A LEARNER IS A TRAVELLER, and OBTAINED KNOWLEDGE IS A FINAL DESTINATION.
Journal: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Series IV: Philology & Cultural Studies
- Issue Year: 11/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 179-192
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English