Análisis cognitivo-estilístico de las primeras obras de John McGahern
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Gonzálvez García, FranciscoFecha
2020-12Resumen
The early works of Irish author John McGahern (1934-2006), The Barracks and The Dark, are the result of dividing the original work into two different novels after he did not succeed in getting it published. Although a significant amount of literary analysis has already been carried out on both novels, a large gap arises when it comes to a proper linguistic approach. The present dissertation aims at filling that gap. The starting point of this doctoral thesis are the previous literary approaches by scholars such as Guy, Liddy, Maher and O’Connell. The literary insights offered by these authors qualify themselves as a valuable basis upon which to build up a cognitive-stylistic approach to the figurative language employed by John McGahern. The main objectives of this dissertation are three, namely, (i) to unearth the cognitive processes hidden in the figurative language employed by the author, and describe the controversial metaphors and metonymies which serve as a mechanism to denounce t...
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Cognitive Grammar
Construction grammar(s)
metaphor
metonymy
mental spaces
Mcgahern
literature
gramática cognitiva
grmática(s) de cnstrucciones
metáfora
metonimia
espacio mentales
Literatura
contrucciones
movimiento ficticio
perfil
posición
stylistics
constructions
fictive movement
profiling
stance
split selves
mind style
yo dividido
estilo mental
estilística