The Metaphor of the Body as a House in 19th Century English Novels
The paper aims at identifying the way in which the human body functions as a metaphor for the concept of the house. The metaphorical process will be approached from a semiopoetic perspective, while the textual support will be provided by such novels as: Great Expectations, Dombey and Son, Oliver T...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Bucharest Publishing House
2009-11-01
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| Series: | Styles of Communication |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/communication/article/view/135 |
| Summary: | The paper aims at identifying the way in which the human body functions as a metaphor for the concept of the house. The metaphorical process will be approached from a semiopoetic perspective, while the textual support will be provided by such novels as: Great Expectations, Dombey and Son, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens, The Return of the Native, by Thomas Hardy, Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë. Clothes will be approached as extensions, boundaries and modifiers of the human body and of the way in which human bodies are perceived. |
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| ISSN: | 2065-7943 2067-564X |