An Approach based on Metaphor Theory to the Wilhelm-Songs, a Cycle of Poems by Ottó Tolnai Cover Image

Tolnai Ottó Wilhelm-dalok című versciklusának metaforaelméleti megközelítése
An Approach based on Metaphor Theory to the Wilhelm-Songs, a Cycle of Poems by Ottó Tolnai

Author(s): Csilla Utasi
Subject(s): Cognitive linguistics, Hungarian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: József Pechán; Wilhelm-Songs; cognitive linguistics; sequence formation; double reference

Summary/Abstract: The notional and semantic construction of a thing or a rudimentary scene in Ottó Tolnai’s poems is created from the viewpoint of the idiot in a painting by József Pechán. Behind Wilhelm, the narrator’s linguistic representation yet another mind unfolds. This second mind finds the narrator’s place in the world on the one hand, and creates metaphorical connotations in the idiot’s utterances on the other. The author of this paper throws light onto the relationship of these two minds emerging in the Wilhelm-Songs using Ricoeur’s metaphor theory.

  • Issue Year: 16/2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 14-21
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Hungarian