Amalgamacja jako wypatrywanie — na podstawie twórczości powieściowej Joanny Bator
The theory of conceptual integration as gaze outward — based on the novels by Joanna Bator

Author(s): Angelika Siniarska-Tuszyńska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: conceptual integration in literature; blending connected with gazing outward; blends in Joanna’s Bator novels; gazing outward in creative writing; gazing outward in cognitive science
Summary/Abstract: The theory of conceptual integration/blending enables decoding of complex semantic structures. It not only allows to correctly read hidden meanings of polysemantic concepts, but also to analyse how these structures were created. The concept of blending is useful not only for researchers (especially in the interpretation of numerous cultural texts), but also for authors at the stage of creating their works. An appropriate process of blending guarantees the creation of new, original qualities resulting from a combination of several conceptual structures into one and it also enables expression of ideas difficult to articulate. The examples of such multidimensional concepts can be found in the novels by Joanna Bator (winner of the Nike literary award in 2013), who (being a cultural expert and anthropologist) tackles in her works various philosophical or sociological issues. She presents her critical observations as specific — metaphorical, metonymic, symbolic and blended — images. This article provides several such examples in order to present how creating and reading blends is connected with gazing outward and creative writing as well as sensual and rational exploration of things/meanings in culture.

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