Essays about: "Body in metaphor"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words Body in metaphor.

1. 1. And Action! : A Study of the Semantic Domains of Action through Interpretation of Metaphor

   University essay from

   Author : Henrik Westerdahl; [2023]
   Keywords : Semantic domain; Semantic dimension; Semantic pattern; Metaphor; Body in metaphor;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is determining and describing some of the semantic domains of the concept of action. Action belongs to the type of abstract nouns with unclear semantic domains. In other words, there are difficulties in determining the precise semantic patterns that the word ‘action’ refers to. READ MORE

3. 2. The Body as a Grenade : Illness Metaphors, The Suffering of Others and Conservativism in Contemporary Sick-Flicks

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

   Author : Christian Gregory; [2023]
   Keywords : Cancer; Sick-Lit; Sick-Flicks; Cystic Fibrosis; CF; SCID; YA Literature; YA Films; The Fault in Our Stars; Five Feet Apart; Midnight Sun; Love Story; John Green;

   Abstract : Film has since its inception been a potent storytelling tool, and the concept of illnesses and death havebeen a critical element in the stories mankind has told through cinema since the beginning. While theearly years of film saw few titles which directly named or featured diseases such as cancer, the 1980’sand 1990’s saw a vast increase in illness narratives being produced. READ MORE

4. 3. Containment as Imprisonment or Freedom : A Corpus-Assisted Analysis of Conceptual Container Metaphors in The Handmaid’s Tale

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Lina Haji Akram; [2023]
   Keywords : conceptual metaphor theory; conceptual container metaphors; embodiment; cognitive stylistics; mental states;

   Abstract : This thesis presents a close reading of the award-winning novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood. Drawing on Conceptual Metaphor Theory as a framework, and the notion of embodiment, the study sheds light on metaphorical linguistic expressions that contribute to the realization of conceptual container metaphors pertinent to the main character’s psychological state. READ MORE

5. 4. Rollen av det poetiska språket i "Den Nya Vetenskapen" av Giambattista Vico

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

   Author : Maresca Massimo; [2021-07-05]
   Keywords : kropp; retorik; Vico; sensus communis; metafor; repetition;

   Abstract : In the seventeenth century the Italian rhetorician Giambattista Vico imagined the history of human civilization in his major work The New Science. He conceived the progression of humanity from barbarism along the way towards the construction of a self-conscious mind, the highest and final achievement of human development. READ MORE

6. 5. "I feel proud when I close all rings on my Apple watch" - A qualitative study on gender differences, digital landscape, and late Millennials personal health within the fitness culture

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

   Author : Sara Gisslar; Linnéa Sundman; [2021]
   Keywords : Digital Landscape; Fitness Culture; Gender Differences; Hegemonic Masculinity; Personal Health;

   Abstract : During the past years, fitness has seen a shift in trends, moving from collectivistic to individualistic reasons to exercise. Some researchers even go as far as describing the concept of "healthism" as an ideology of modern society, emphasizing the subordinate value of a fit and slender body as a metaphor for a successful life. READ MORE