THE AMERICAN DRIVER: THE AGENT OF “AMERICA IS A JOURNEY”
THE AMERICAN DRIVER: THE AGENT OF “AMERICA IS A JOURNEY”

Summary/Abstract: The present article is part of a larger research theme, titled The reversal of America’s conceptual metaphors in Andrei Codrescu’s prose and depicts the way Andrei Codrescu relates in his prose to the traditional conceptual metaphors characterizing the American space. We concentrate this time on the conceptual metaphor „America is a journey", presenting some American iconic spaces as perceived through the eyes of the American driver, considered an agent of this metaphor. The majority of these spaces is brought to the reader through contemporary travel books, all of them making full use of photography as a supplement for the text and enhancement for the readers’ imagination.

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