A cognitive analysis of Paul Bowles's. The Sheltering Sky

Authors

  • Lorena Pérez Hernández

Keywords:

cognitive metaphor, image-schemas, literary interpretation

Abstract

This paper attemph to carry our an analysis of Paul Bowles's The Sheltering Sky within the framework of Lakoff's (1996) theory of the self and Johnson`s (1987) theory of image-schemas. It is our arm lo show how the interplay between the two theories sheds some light on the nature of the three main characters and on some aspects of the structure and [he overall interpretation of the novel.

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