1st Edition

Memory, Metaphors, and Meaning Reading Literary Texts

By Nicolae Babuts Copyright 2010
246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

245 Pages
by Routledge

Literature explores the human condition, the mystery of the world, life and death, as well as our relations with others, and our desires and dreams. It differs from science in its aims and methods, but Babuts shows in other respects that literature has much common ground with science. Both aim for an authentic version of truth. To this end, literature employs metaphors, and it does so in a manner... Read more
Introduction; 1: Literary Dynamic Patterns; 2: The Beginning of Interpretation; 3: Reading Poetry; 4: The Allure of Myth; 5: Beginnings and Endings; 6: Metaphoric Fields: Blaga, Melville, and Leopardi; 7: The Tonality of Metaphoric Fields; 8: Concluding Remarks

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Nicolae Babuts