Analysis of typical conceptual metaphors in mo Yan‘s novel “The republic of wine”
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5075-2024-2-76-85
Abstract
Aim. To investigate the construction method of wine metaphors in Chinese writer Mo Yan’s novel “The Republic of Wine”, their role in the literary work and their typicality based on the systematicity of conceptual metaphors.
Methodology. The study carried out the recognition of wine conceptual metaphors in the novel “The Republic of Wine” using the Metaphor Identification Procedure Vrije Universiteit (MIPVU), their counting and classification, on the basis of which four categories of wine metaphors with the largest number of them were analyzed.
Results. The study shows that there are a total of 104 wine metaphors in the text, including “WINE – WOMAN” (24), “WINE – NATURE” (28), “HUMAN – WINE” (21), “WINE – SPIRIT” (11), “WINE – ART” (7), “WINE – GOD” (6), “WINE – OTHERS” (7). These derivative metaphors build the systematicity of wine metaphors.
Research implications. The theoretical significance lies in the description and application of a new classification of conceptual metaphors and the expansion of approaches to the study of conceptual metaphors. Practical significance is determined by the possibility of using the results in the practice of artistic analysis and translation of the novel “The Republic of Wine”, and the creation of a dictionary of conceptual metaphors of Mo Yan.
About the Authors
Hui Zhong
Wuhan University
China
China
Zhong Hui – Postgraduate Student, Department of Russian language and literature
Bayi Road 299, Wuhan 430072
Guming Hu
Wuhan University
China
China
Hu Guming – Dr. Sci. (Humanities), Professor, Department of Russian language and literature
Bayi Road 299, Wuhan 430072
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