Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2020-0003

Journey through the writing process: Metaphors of thesis writing experience

Jasmina Hanić ; University of Tuzla
Tanja Pavlović ; University of Tuzla
Alma Jahić Jašić ; University of Tuzla

Abstract

This paper aimed to investigate metaphorical images used by master’s students in order to gain an insight into their schemata for thinking about the process of master’s thesis writing. Semi-structured interviews on the topic of master’s thesis writing with three students coming from humanities, social sciences and natural sciences served as a corpus from which the data were extracted. The paper analysed participants’ unconscious use of metaphorical language in their narratives, mirroring their perception of the thesis writing process. The results revealed that the participants’ personal experience revolves around the concept of journey as the central image they share and the journey metaphor, along with a group of related specific metaphors, serves to illustrate the complexity of the writing process itself.

Keywords

writing process; metaphor; journey; master’s thesis; writing experience

Hrčak ID:

238365

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/238365

Publication date:

28.5.2020.

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