Document Type : applied research
Authors
1 hakim sabzevari university
2 2- Assistant Prof, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
3 3- Assistant Prof, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
4 Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Hakim Sabzevari University
Abstract
The current analytical-descriptive research in the framework of conceptual metaphor theory (Lakoff & Johoson 1980) analyzes the up and down directional metaphors in one of the most important poetic collections of Mehrdad Avesta, namely Sharab-e Khanegi Tars-e Muhtasib Khordeh (In fear of the Muhtasib, the house (secret)-wine having drunk) .Mehrdad Avesta (1370-1308 AH) is one of the prominent poets of the revolution, who his fighting and idealistic spirit can be seen everywhere in his works. In addition his poetry is full of abstract concepts that he has made tangible and objective with opposing directions. The main aim of the authors in investigating the up and down direction metaphor in his poem was to pay a close attention to his point of view and then to discover the perception that which concepts, in his thought and attitude, have been placed with the up direction, and which concepts with the down direction. In this collection, 109 upward directions and 119 downward directions were found. The result of the directional metaphors analysis in the two mentioned directions shows that in the poet's thought system, in line with his revolutionary spirit, positive concepts, such as shouting, happiness, freedom, victory, courage, clarity, and youth, are associated with high direction and negative concepts, such as silence, sadness, bondage, failure, baseness, darkness, and old-age are mapped with the downward direction.
Keywords
- Cognitive Semantics
- Conceptual Metaphor
- Directional Metaphor
- Mehrdad Avesta
- Sharab-e Khanegi Tars-e Muhtasib Khordeh
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