| Abstrakt: |
The imposed war over Iran has been considered as one of the most important events in contemporary era which has evidently impacted multiple fields including culture, literature and art. One way to carry a better understanding over the various dimensions of war and its events and consequences is to study the memories of the war. The purpose of the current research is to examine the metaphorical conceptualization of ‘captivity’ in the book I am alive to find out how a teenage girl who was held captive by the “Ba'athist” regime in Iraq for 4 years, express her experiences. The analysis has been done within source domains to conceptualize the harsh conditions of herself and other prisoners, as well as the violent and inhumane behavior and action of prison guards. The most frequently used source domain in conceptual domain of ‘animals’ reflected in metaphors “prison is a cage”, “captive is a bird” and “Iraqi prison guards are wild/inferior animals”. The domain of “nature” has been used in the metaphor “captivity is a dangerous natural phenomenon”. Many other domains such as plants, banquet, exam, mission, the Karbala incident, war, sport and death have also been used in metaphors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
