Metaphor
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4374 | English | 4 | N/A | April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK |
- Code
- ENGL4374
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- N/A
- Semesters
- April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK
Summary
This pod provides students with a linguistic overview of metaphor, with a particular emphasis on Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). Historical perspectives on metaphor are taken, from Aristotle to Ricoeur, leading up to our most current cognitive linguistic understanding of metaphor in language and thought. CMT and its associated approaches focus on the connection (or mapping) made between two different, often seemingly unrelated, semantic domains (like emotions and containers). This pod examines how such metaphors gain prominence above and beyond the phrase or sentence, at the level of discourse. Domains of literary and political discourse are examined in detail to highlight how salient metaphor is in a range of language settings, and how significant it is for understanding human thought.
Target Students
Students registered on the School of English online masters scheme.
Assessment
- 100% Participation: Student Participation
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This module comprises an optional component in the following pathways: Applied English, Applied Linguistics, Discourse and Communication, English Literature, Language and Linguistics, and Literary Linguistics. As such, it contributes in its specific aims to the programme-level coverage of these pathways.Learning Outcomes
Identify and analyse how metaphor operates at the levels of the word/phrase, sentence and discourse.
Identify and analyse the particular linguistic forms that metaphors can take.
Analyse the use of metaphors in domain-specific contexts (like literary and political discourse).
Demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired to the appropriate disciplinary and professional standard.
Assimilate and present subject-specific material in an appropriate format (assessed within the ‘Assessment Portfolio’ 1, 2 or 3).