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1、ThemetaphorintheChangingPlace Abstract:ThispaperattemptstousesomebasicprinciplesinthemodernmetaphortheoryinthecognitivetheorytoanalyzetheChangingPlace,whichisoneoftherepresentativesofDavidLodge’sacademicfictions,sothatitcanhelptohaveabetterunderstan
2、dingofthemetaphorusedinthisfiction. Keywords:Metaphor,languageuseinfiction,ChangingPlace 1.Introduction AccordingtothedefinitionmadebyLakoffandTurner,eachfictionalstorycanbeseenasanextensionoftherhetoricaldevices,sothatwecanunderstandourinnerlifet
3、hroughthenarrationoftheoutsideworld.Becausetheliteralmeaningisnolongerpowerfulenoughfortheauthortoexpresshismind,hechoosesthefigurativeuseoflanguage,whichreferstolanguageusedinafigurativewayforarhetoricalpurpose.DavidLodge’swritingskillsarepermeatedw
4、ithhisowntheories.Hemakesfulluseofmetaphoronthebasisofthemodernlinguistictheory.TaketheChangingPlaceasexample,thefictioncouldberegardedasametaphorasawhole,whichismadeofplotsandcharacters.Therefore,wecouldsearchfortheexactmetaphoricalmeaningoftheficti
5、onandthe5metaphoricalusethroughwhatDavidLodgeshows. 2.MetaphoricallanguageusedinChangingPlaces 2.1Metaphorinthenovel ThemotifofquestinChangingPlacesasatexturaldeviceisdevelopedbytheexchangeprogramwhichsetsthestoryinmotion.“ThefacultyexchangesofMor
6、risZappandPhilipSwallowsetsoffachainofcomplicationthataddressmostofthepracticaldilemmasofmodernexistence.”InChangingPlaces,theauthoruseshumanbeingastenorandculturalsystemasvehicleinthemetaphoricallanguage.Thenovelisalsomadeinthecontrastbetweenthetwop
7、rotagonistswhichisaswellsymbolicofthatbetweenBritishandAmericanculturesandculturalsystems. Thedifferentcharactersofthetwomenresultintheirdiscoveriesofdifferentself-identities.ToMorrisZapp,Englandisgloomy,poor,shabbyandboring,linkedtowelfaresolidarit
8、yandunawareofthepoweroffreeenterprise,butheisverymuchimpressedbythefamilybonds,thewarmthofhumanrelationshipsandthesurvivalofmoralscruple.WhatPhilipSwallowdiscoversatfirstglanceintheUnitedStatesisthattheAmericansarebetteroffbutnothavingabetterlifethan
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