The article studies the conceptual metaphors of time in the
sonnets of Shakespeare in light of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) of
Lakoff and Johnson [1] presented in their book, Metaphors We Live By, and
Kovecses’ [2] informative views in his book, Metaphor: A Practical
Introduction. The sonnets of Shakespeare also reflect some of St. Augustine’s views
on the passage of time, which divide time into the three components of past,
present, and future. Indeed, the subject of time is a pervasive theme in the
sonnets of Shakespeare. The extracted metaphors selected from a variety of
sonnets that tackle the theme of time will be divided into three
sub-categories: structural, ontological, and orientational. Using the cognitive
approach to understand the abstract concept of time in terms of a variety of
concrete concepts with an experiential dimension allows the reader to perceive
this concept from different perspectives. Under ontological metaphors, the
study addresses metaphors in the forms of personification, metonymy, and
synecdoche. The study endeavors to show that the cluster of source domains
Shakespeare provides in the metaphors map an association of multidimensional
possibilities that improve our understanding of time. Also, this consortium of
possibilities points to the creativity and wide scope of Shakespeare’s vision.
The study hopes to add another vantage point from which to view Shakespeare’s
presentation of time in light of modern progress in the studies of conceptual
metaphors and cognitive poetics. Shakespeare’s creativity expands the human
consciousness of time and initiates more perspectives from which to evaluate
the human experience with that concept. These perspectives are based on the
human experience of nature, society, and culture.
Author(s)details:-
Professor Mufeed
Al-Abdullah
Department of English, College of Arts, Jerash University, Jerash, Jordan.
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here :- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/pller/v9/345
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