Sinding M (2002)
Publication Language: English
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2002
Publisher: NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV
Book Volume: 36
Pages Range: 503-523
Journal Issue: 3
Blending theory accommodates more complex mappings that the source-target projections of the Lakoff-Johnson theory of metaphor. It can resolve a number of traditional puzzles about allegory, while preserving critical insights and supporting them with a sophisticated linguistics. I examine Prudentius's Psychomachia to show how prototypical allegories use organizing metaphors but exhibit blending operations. I suggest that from a latent existence in language, allegory arises as an imagined scene, then expands to narratives. This can illuminate how blends get elaborated. I explore the nature of variant forms of allegory in blending terms, looking closely at Kafka's Trial.
APA:
Sinding, M. (2002). Assembling spaces: The conceptual structure of allegory. Style, 36(3), 503-523.
MLA:
Sinding, Michael. "Assembling spaces: The conceptual structure of allegory." Style 36.3 (2002): 503-523.
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