METAPHORIC REPRESENTATION OF THE CONCEPT “CREATIVE PROCESS” IN V. NABOKOV’S NOVEL “THE GIFT”
METAPHORIC REPRESENTATION OF THE CONCEPT “CREATIVE PROCESS” IN V. NABOKOV’S NOVEL “THE GIFT”

Author(s): Albina Novikova, Yuliya Vladimirovna Golovnyova
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature, Stylistics, American Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: metaphor; descriptor theory of metaphor; V. Nabokov; Russian literature; linguistic analysis of literary text;
Summary/Abstract: Descriptions of the process of artistic creation take an outstanding place in V. Nabokov’s works and abound both in conventional and creative metaphors. In this article we analyze metaphoric representation of the concept “creative process” in V. Nabokov’s novel “The Gift”. The theoretical basis of research is the descriptor theory of metaphor by A.N. Baranov. The article reveals the most frequent metaphorical models of creative process in the novel and the areas of its metaphoric conceptualization.

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