Journal of Razavi Culture

An Analysis of Metaphorical Mappings and Image Schemas in Children's Razavi Poems "The Apple Tree Full of Flowers" Based on Johnson's Theory

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Majid Mohammadi 1
Fereshteh Jamshidi 2
Amir Mohammad Chehri 3

1 Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Razi University , Kermanshah, Iran (Corresponding author)

2 PhD Student in Arabic language and literature at Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

3 Master of Science in Quran and Hadith, Payam Noor University of Qom, Qom, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/farzv.2024.436214.1970
Abstract
One of the approaches of conceptual metaphor is the image schema in which it expresses mental and cognitive mechanisms, it plays an important role in organizing meanings and concepts. The present research, using the descriptive-analytical method and within the framework of semantic theory, the extent of the function of the image schema in Razavi’s children’s poem “A tree full of apple flowers” written by Rahim Abbasi, based on the descriptive-analytical method and by presenting the types of image schemas in three It shows volume, movement and strength based on the theory of semantics.
For this purpose, among the 24 verses selected from the total of 50 verses of this ode, 10 pictorial schemas have been used to induce the concept in the reader’s mind. From this average, 4 schemas are related to volume schemas and 2 schemas are related to power schemas and the rest are movement schemas. In terms of frequency, the movement scheme has the highest contribution in inducing the concept to the audience, and also in line with Razavi’s poetry, it is the main representation. And the reason for that is that abstract concepts such as joy and cheerfulness, effort and work, creativity and innovation of the child, require movement, movement and activity of the child. In addition, after the motion scheme, the visual scheme of power has taken the second place in children’s poems. This is also because of the obstacles that willy-nilly come in the way of the child’s pure world, and the child wants to avoid that obstacle or get out of the way of his goals. Also, the volume scheme has the least presence in children’s poetry. The presence of a small amount of this schema is in line with the expression of abstract concepts such as grief to make it concrete and objective for children, and in total these three schemas are more compatible with the child’s world.

Keywords

Image schemas
Razavi’s poems
tree full of apple flowers
Johnson’s theory

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