Metaphors in Krzysztof Uniłowski’s Critical Discourse
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https://doi.org/10.31261/SSP.2021.17.12Keywords:
metaphor, literary criticism, Krzysztof Uniłowski, PRL, modernismAbstract
This article offers an analysis of selected metaphors used by Krzysztof Uniłowski in his literary-critical discourse. The underlying assumption is that metaphors used by critics play a vital role in their overall communication strategy. The texts that represent Krzysztof Uniłowski’s literary criticism have been analyzed through the lens of cognitivism, but also takes into account semiology and the performative dimension of metaphors. The first example of metaphor is the image of the “abyss of the PRL” (the People’s Republic of Poland), regarded in geographical-topological terms. Another example is “the rule of overcoming”, which represents modernist literature in its relation to natural law. Next, the article analyses the memetic aspect of metaphors. This approach has allowed Uniłowski to borrow insight from the hard sciences, which he uses to solve the problem of the rule of modernism, carrying certain terminology used in mathematics into literary studies. The author of this article arrives at conclusions concerning the interdisciplinary character of criticism as placed between literature, science, and journalism. This position of critical discourse requires that the critic carry out his or her research in the form of public discourse, aided by the appropriate linguistic devices.
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