a study of water and fire as metaphors in american and vietnamese short stories of the 20th century = nghiên cứu ẩn dụ nước và lửa trong truyện ngắn thế kỷ 20 của mỹ và việt nam tt

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI

UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES



PHÍ THỊ THU TRANG


A STUDY OF WATER AND FIRE AS METAPHORS IN
AMERICAN AND VIETNAMESE SHORT STORIES
OF THE 20
TH
CENTURY

NGHIÊN CỨU ẨN DỤ NƯỚC VÀ LỬA TRONG TRUYỆN
NGẮN THẾ KỶ 20 CỦA MỸ VÀ VIỆT NAM

MINOR M.A THESIS


FIELD: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS
CODE: 602215

HÀ NỘI, 2010
VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI

UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES



PHÍ THỊ THU TRANG


A STUDY OF WATER AND FIRE AS METAPHORS IN
AMERICAN AND VIETNAMESE SHORT STORIES
OF THE 20
TH
CENTURY

NGHIÊN CỨU ẨN DỤ NƯỚC VÀ LỬA TRONG TRUYỆN
NGẮN THẾ KỶ 20 CỦA MỸ VÀ VIỆT NAM

MINOR M.A THESIS

FIELD: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS
CODE: 602215
SUPERVISOR: VĂN THỊ THANH BÌNH, M.A

HÀ NỘI, 2010
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii
ABSTRACT iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS iv

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1
1. Rationale for the study 1
2. Scope of the study 2
3. Objectives of the study 2
4. Methods of the study 3
5. Design of the study 3

PART TWO: DEVELOPMENT 4
Chapter 1: Theoretical background 4
1.1 An overview of metaphor 4
1.1.1 What is metaphor? 4
1.1.2 Components of metaphor 5
1.1.3 Types of metaphor 6
1.2 Metaphor in literature 7
1.3 American short stories of the 20
th

century 9
1.4 Vietnamese short stories of the 20
th
century 10
Chapter 2: Water and fire as metaphors in American and Vietnamese short stories of
the 20
th
century 12
2.1 The popularity of water and fire as metaphors 12
2.2 The formation of metaphors of water and fire 14
2.2.1 Lexical items 14
2.2.2 Parts of speech 20
2.3 The functions of metaphors of water and fire 23
2.3.1 The description of strong emotions 23
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2.3.2 The creation of imagery 32
2.4 Summary of the chapter 36

PART THREE: CONCLUSION 38
1. An overview of the study 38
2. Pedagogical implications 40
3. Suggestions for further studies 42

REFERENCES 43
APPENDIX A I
APPENDIX B II
APPENDIX C III
APPENDIX D VIII
APPENDIX E XX

APPENDIX F XXIX
APPENDIX G XXX