商品簡介
Thisbook,whichisgerminatedfromdoctoraldissertationcompletedinShanghaiJiaotongUniversityin2008,istheresultofmyconstantpursuitoftheoreticalresearchonSamuelBeckett'sAbsurdPlays.VolumousstudiesonBeckett'splayshavebeenconductedinthepastdecades,fromperspectivessuchaspolitics,philosophy,aesthetics,deconstructuralism,postmodernism,postconolism,feminismandreaderreception,andsoon.However,thestudyofmetaphorsinBeckett'splays,byandlarge,hasbeenneglected.Accordingly,thisbookstudiesmetaphorsbybasingonBeckett'sdramatictextsandanalyzingthemundermultiplemetaphoricaltheoriesfromthecognitiveperspective..
作者簡介
黃立華(1964.09-),男,安徽安慶人,博士,副教授,現任南昌航空大學外國語學院教師、碩士生導師。主要研究方向為戲劇文體學研究。參編著作一部:《比翼長生》(蘇州:古軒出版社,2005年9月第一版);翻譯兩部:《長生殿》連環畫(蘇州:古軒出版社,2005年9月第一版),《郵票上的江西》(南昌:百花洲文藝出版社,2010年1月第一版)。在國內外核心期刊發表相關論文10餘篇。主持完成2011年江西省人文社科課題一項:“貝克特戲劇作品中反諷的認知語用研究”(項目編號:WGW1112),主持並完成2010年江西省社會科學規劃項目一項:“後現代文學話語與生態批評研究”(項目編號:10WX22),主持2010年江西省社會科學規劃項目藝術類課題一項:“江西儺戲中的符號研究”(項目編號:YG2010071)。目前主要致力於戲劇文本的認知文體學(認知詩學)、戲劇文本的認知敘事學以及戲劇的美學等研究。.
目次
ForewordPrefaceChapter One Introduction1.1 Objectives of this research1.2 Significance of study1.3 Methods of study1.4 The structure of this bookChapter Two Literature Review2.1 Introduction2.2 Traditional studies on metaphor2.2.1 Metaphor in fiction and poetry2.2.2 Metaphor in drama2.2.3 Dramatic text and performance2.3 Contemporary studies on metaphor2.3.1 Semantic theory of metaphor2.3.2 Pragmatic theory of metaphor2.3.3 Cognitive theory of metaphor2.3.4 Conceptual metaphor2.3.5 Conventional and novel metaphors2.4 Metaphor studies of Beckett's plays2.4.1 Overview of criticism of Samuel Beckett's plays2.4.2 Overview of metaphor studies on Beckett's plays2.5 Summary and research questionsChapter Three Emotion Metaphors in Waiting for Godot and Krapp's Last Tape3.1 Introduction3.2 Emotion metaphors3.3 Emotion metaphors in Waiting for Godot3.4 Emotion metaphors in Krapp's Last Tape3.5 SummaryChapter Four Time as Space Metaphors in Happy Days and Endgame4.1 Introduction4.2 Conceptions of time and space4.2.1 Keshavmurti on time and space4.2.2 Alverson on time and space4.2.3 Lakoff on space and time4.2.4 Lakoff and Johnson on everyday metaphor4.3 Time as space metaphors in Happy Days andEndgame4.4 "Time" and "oblivion" in Waiting for Godot……Chapter Five Image-Schema Metaphors in EndgameChapter Six Non-verbal Metaphors in Beckett's DramaticulesChapter Seven Findings and ConclusionsBibliography.