This paper proposes an ecostylistic exploration of Geoffrey Renouard’s mind style. To this end, Cognitive Metaphor theory is applied for the investigation of Renouard’s ‘mind style’ (Semino and Swindlehurst 1996). Metaphorical expressions drawn from the source domains of ANIMALS, PLANTS, and OBJECTS are prevalent in Renouard’s mind, due to his condition of ‘explorer’, ‘planter’ and ‘master’ of a colonised land, namely the fictional island of Malata. A preliminary analysis of the text suggests that Renouard’s imperialist project of mastery is so rooted in his cognitive mental functioning as to disruptively in-form his conceptualisation of his own relationship with both the human and the other-than-human.
An ecostylistic analysis of Geoffrey Renouard's mind style in Joseph Conrad's "The Planter of Malata" / Battiloro, Asia. - (2023). (Intervento presentato al convegno PALA 2023: Green Stylistics, Exploring Connections between Stylistics and the Environment tenutosi a Bertinoro, Università di Bologna).
An ecostylistic analysis of Geoffrey Renouard's mind style in Joseph Conrad's "The Planter of Malata"
Asia Battiloro
2023
Abstract
This paper proposes an ecostylistic exploration of Geoffrey Renouard’s mind style. To this end, Cognitive Metaphor theory is applied for the investigation of Renouard’s ‘mind style’ (Semino and Swindlehurst 1996). Metaphorical expressions drawn from the source domains of ANIMALS, PLANTS, and OBJECTS are prevalent in Renouard’s mind, due to his condition of ‘explorer’, ‘planter’ and ‘master’ of a colonised land, namely the fictional island of Malata. A preliminary analysis of the text suggests that Renouard’s imperialist project of mastery is so rooted in his cognitive mental functioning as to disruptively in-form his conceptualisation of his own relationship with both the human and the other-than-human.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
