Similes, Puns and Counterfactuals in Literary Narrative |
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Author:
| Harding, Jennifer Riddle |
Series title: | Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Stylistics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-138-92813-8 |
Publication Date: | May 2017 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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In this study, Jennifer Riddle Harding presents a cognitive analysis of three figures of speech that have readily identifiable forms: similes, puns, and counterfactuals. Harding argues that when deployed in literary narrative, these forms have narrative functions--such as the depiction of conscious experiences, allegorical meanings, and alternative plots--uniquely developed by these more visible figures of speech. Metaphors, by contrast, are often "invisible" in the formal structure...
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In this study, Jennifer Riddle Harding presents a cognitive analysis of three figures of speech that have readily identifiable forms: similes, puns, and counterfactuals. Harding argues that when deployed in literary narrative, these forms have narrative functions--such as the depiction of conscious experiences, allegorical meanings, and alternative plots--uniquely developed by these more visible figures of speech. Metaphors, by contrast, are often "invisible" in the formal structure of a text. With a solid cognitive grounding, Harding's approach emphasizes the relationship between figurative forms and narrative effects. Harding demonstrates the literary functions of previously neglected figures of speech, and the potential for a unified approach to a topic that crosses cognitive disciplines. Her work has implications for the rhetorical approach to figures of speech, for cognitive disciplines, and for the studies of literature, rhetoric, and narrative.