A Cognitive Approach to the Metaphors of Postpartum Depression in Elif Shafak’s Black Milk

Despite the fact that postpartum depression has been explicitly referred to in Elif Shafak’s novel Black Milk (2007), there are many implicit references to this negative mental state. This paper aims to examine the metaphorical representations which are used to conceptualize the experience of postpa...

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Main Authors: Yasir A. Al-Jumaili, Shaima F. Hasan, Safeen N. Arif
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: Koya University 2021-06-01
Series:مجلة جامعة كويه للعلوم الانسانية والاجتماعية
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Online Access:http://jhss.koyauniversity.org/index.php/jhss/article/view/394/124