Love Metaphor in English and Chinese Poetry  

作　　者：曾华[1] 赵伟丽[1] ZENG Hua;ZHAO Wei-li(School of Foreign Languages,Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics Urumqi 830012,China)

机构地区：[1]新疆财经大学外国语学院

出　　处：《海外英语》2018年第17期232-234,239,共4页Overseas English

摘　　要：Love is a so abstract concept that it always be conveyed through metaphors.In order to reveal how the Chinese and English poetry sets metaphors for love,this article probes into large number of examples of love metaphor and concludes that love metaphors in English and Chinese poetry shares the same conceptual system due to the common natures of human being.On the other hand,the differences in thinking mode and religious value result in their different points.Love metaphors in Chinese poetry are more subtle,reserved,and restrained,which corresponds to the national characteristics of Chinese people;while those in English poetry are more bold,passionate,and romantic,which are also associated with the features of western culture.Love is a so abstract concept that it always be conveyed through metaphors. In order to reveal how the Chinese and English poetry sets metaphors for love, this article probes into large number of examples of love metaphor and concludes that love metaphors in English and Chinese poetry shares the same conceptual system due to the common natures of human being. On the other hand, the differences in thinking mode and religious value result in their different points. Love metaphors in Chinese poetry are more subtle, reserved, and restrained, which corresponds to the national characteristics of Chinese people; while those in English poetry are more bold, passionate, and romantic, which are also associated with the features of western culture.

关 键 词：METAPHOR of LOVE ENGLISH and CHINESE LITERATURE COMPARISON 

分 类 号：H0[语言文字—语言学]