On the Female Metaphor in the Four Tragedies of Shakespear

doi:10.11885/j.issn.1674-5094.2016.08.27.01

西南石油大学学报(社会科学版) ›› 2017, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (4): 111-118.DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.1674-5094.2016.08.27.01

On the Female Metaphor in the Four Tragedies of Shakespear

XIE Shijian, ZHANG Xiaolin

College of Foreign Studies, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin Guangxi, 541004, China

Received:2016-08-27 Online:2017-07-01 Published:2017-07-01
Contact: 张晓琳(1991-),女(汉族),山东烟台人,硕士研究生。研究方向:认知语言学、莎士比亚。

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Abstract: In Shakespeare's four tragedies,there are six conceptual metaphors related to women:WOMEN AS ANIMAL,AS SCENERY,AS FOOD,AS PROPERTY,AS ODOUR,and AS OBJECT. In addition to conventional metaphors,some novel metaphors based on sex are also created. In Shakespeare's plays,female images serve as an important vehicle of Shakespeare's humanism thought and a driving force for the dramatic development. Thus the feminine metaphors,as language devices,not only enrich the female images and develop the dramatic plots,but also cognitively represent the female social status in his time. The study of female metaphors in Shakespeare's four tragedies is of great significance in probing the cognitive function of conceptual metaphors in literary language.

Key words: Shakespeare's plays, feminine metaphor, conceptual metaphor, daily metaphor, novel metaphor, cognitive function

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I106

XIE Shijian, ZHANG Xiaolin. On the Female Metaphor in the Four Tragedies of Shakespear[J]. 西南石油大学学报(社会科学版), 2017, 19(4): 111-118.

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