Metaphor and Simile as Communicative Devices in the Essays of Virginia Woolf
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10835/1231
ISSN: 1578-3820
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/odisea.v0i8.110
ISSN: 1578-3820
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/odisea.v0i8.110
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Sánchez Cuervo, Margarita EstherDate
2007Abstract
In this article we argue that the rhetorical fi gures of metaphor and simile, as two persuasive devices that characterise the style of the essay of Virginia Woolf, possess a cognitive value different from the simple use of the identifi cation and contraposition of elements, in the case of metaphor, and the comparison in the case of simile. In the essays analysed, the use of these tropes imply the recognition of the grammatical elements and its meaning, which must needs transcend the textual level to enter the contextual domain as far as cultural and ideological traits that the reader should perceive and enjoy. En este artículo proponemos el análisis y posterior evaluación de dos tropos, la metáfora y el símil, como figuras retóricas esenciales a la hora de caracterizar el estilo de los ensayos de Virginia Woolf. Destacamos en especial el valor comunicativo de estos dos recursos en que, a partir de la identificación y posterior análisis de los elementos gramaticales que los componen, de...
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Essay
Discourse
Rhetorics
Argument
Rhetorical figure
Metaphor
Simile
Virginia Woolf
Ensayo
Discurso
Retórica
Argumento
Figura retórica
Metáfora
Símil