Metaphor and Gestalt: Interaction Theory Revisited

Joseph Glicksohn; Chanita Goodblatt

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Metaphor and Gestalt: Interaction Theory Revisited

Joseph Glicksohn, Chanita Goodblatt

Department of Foreign Literatures & Linguistics

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Abstract

Discusses the relationship between the interaction theory of metaphor and Gestalt psychology. Interaction theory views the metaphor as a whole (gestalt), created by an interaction between its primary and secondary subjects. Moreover, the interaction theory is seen to require a full contextual analysis of the poetic metaphor embedded within its poetic text. The authors illustrate this Gestalt-interaction approach by focusing on a particularly complex poetic text having multiple metaphors (Dylan Thomas's Sonnet VII, from his 'Altarwise by Owl-Light' sequence). A representation employing primary semantic fields clarifies the underlying structure of the metaphor chain comprising the text. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	83-97
Number of pages	15
Journal	Poetics Today
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/1773141
State	Published - 1 Mar 1993

Keywords

Contextual Associations
Gestalt Psychology
Metaphor
Poetry
Theoretical Interpretation

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