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  • A study of water and fire as metaphors in American and Vietnamese short stories of the 20th century = Nghiên cứu ẩn dụ nước và lửa trong truyện ngắn thế kỷ 20 của Mỹ và Việt Nam. / Phí, Thị Thu Trang; Văn, Thị Thanh Bình
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A study of water and fire as metaphors in American and Vietnamese short stories of the 20th century = Nghiên cứu ẩn dụ nước và lửa trong truyện ngắn thế kỷ 20 của Mỹ và Việt Nam. / Phí, Thị Thu Trang; Văn, Thị Thanh Bình

Tác giả : Phí, Thị Thu Trang; Văn, Thị Thanh Bình

Nhà xuất bản : ĐHNN

Năm xuất bản : 2010

Mô tả vật lý : 43 p.

Chủ đề : 1. Ẩn dụ. 2. Tiếng Anh. 3. Truyện ngắn. 4. Thesis.

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This paper is an attempt to investigate the use of water and fire as metaphors in American and Vietnamese short stories of the 20th century. Metaphor is not only a linguistic phenomenon but also mentally related on the grounds that our everyday activities, including the use of language, is governed by thoughts. Water and fire – stylistically used as a figure of speech – appear with high frequency throughout 60 explored stories, showing their domination on people’s perception and the natural world and human society in both cultures. The study points out that metaphors of water and fire are constructed with lexical and grammatical devices to serve as a powerful instrument to describe strong emotions and create imagery. Water and fire also connote both positive and negative meanings in American and Vietnamese cultures, depending on how people project their attitudes towards the beauty and danger of water and fire. Last but not least, the paper is concerned with the importance of literature, short stories in particular, and metaphors in language studying. So some implications for teaching and learning metaphors in literature are proposed, based on the results discovered through the research.
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