Figuring the male and female: fire and water in Bradbury's (science) fiction

• Main Authors: Davydyuk Yuliya, Panasenko Nataliya
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2016-06-01
• Series: Lege Artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow
• Subjects: the male; the female; literary concepts; Ray Bradbury; symbol; the FIRE concept; the WATER concept; concept-element; conceptual metaphor; embodiment; image; text type
• Online Access: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lart.2016.1.issue-1/lart-2016-0001/lart-2016-0001.xml?format=INT

The article highlights the results of the investigation of the literary FIRE and WATER concepts and their basic characteristics from a cognitive point of view. The research of the literary FIRE and WATER concepts was carried out in three steps - revealing their notional, image- and sense-bearing components. The results show that the FIRE concept is mostly personified into the image of A MAN, while the WATER concept is mostly personified into the image of А WOMAN.