Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.21464/fi38308

The Representations of Mind in Vetranovic's Pelegrin

Gordana Čupković orcid.org/0000-0001-8591-6357 ; Sveučilište u Zadru, Odjel za kroatistiku i slavistiku, Ulica Mihovila Pavlinovića 1, HR-23000 Zadar

Abstract

This paper deals with semantics of Pelegrin, a narrative poem written in the 16th century by Mavro Vetranovic. The author categorises and interprets, from a cognitive point of view, literal and metaphorical expressions that are focusing on the mind, primarily the expressions of the concepts of consciousness, thoughts, and ants. The conceptual content, the embodiment and the cultural frames of the studied examples are considered. By analysing the conceptual content and emphasizing the universal grounding of metaphorical expressions, the focus from the interliterary influences is shifted to the images of unconsciousness as essential properties of the meanings produced in the poem.

Keywords

Mavro Vetranović; cognitive semantics; conceptual metaphor; embodiment; mind; consciousness; unconscious

Hrčak ID:

215033

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/215033

Publication date:

13.11.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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