Diving into the wreck: Can people resist allegorical meaning?

Okonski, Lacey; Gibbs, Raymond W.

doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2018.12.014

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“…of what they read in the allegorical take within The Anthologist. The automatic power of embodied simulation processes is such that readers are often unable to resist drawing allegorical interpretations of a poem even when they are instructed to pay attention only to the literal, surface meanings of texts (Okonski and Gibbs 2019). More generally, embodied simulation processes likely exist along a continuum of depth starting with shallow processing where there is little embodied involvement in language understanding, moving up to a middle ground where mostly unconscious recruitment of sensorimotor knowledge and experiences are active during language processing, up to rich imaginative bodily imagery which is quite consciously understood and felt (Gibbs 2017).…”

Section: Allegory In Literature and Lifementioning

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Allegory in Literature and Life

Gibbs¹

2020

Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies

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Allegory is one of the distinguishing marks of many great works of literature. Over many centuries and cultures, authors have conveyed many symbolic messages about human life and the quest for religious faith in terms of different earthly trials and tribulations. These allegorical messages are closely linked, nonetheless, with many embodied conceptual metaphors that motivate different contemporary modes of thinking and language (e.g., life is a journey). My argument in this article is that literary allegory also has an important connection to our fundamental "allegorical impulse", in which humans automatically seek connections between the physical here and now with larger symbolic life themes. Allegory is a way we live, and seek meaning within our daily lives, that frequently gets elaborated upon in great works of literature.

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Section: Allegory In Literature and Lifementioning

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Allegory in Literature and Life

Gibbs¹

2020

Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies

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“…The intellectual scenarios of the famous English playwright B. Johnson and designer I. John endowed the Masque genre with socio-cultural power, put London on a par with Paris and Madrid, and turned it into a world cultural centre of influence. The Court Masques were distinguished by allegorical style, magnificent costumes and scenery, and complex stage effects (Zhang et al, 2013;Okonski & Gibbs Jr, 2019). The core of the Masque was dance.…”

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influence of the culture of France and Italy on the genre of masque in England

Sokolova

2021

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The article discusses the ways of interaction of the French court ballet, the Italian carnival, Italian dance and the English court Masque. The features of royal entertainment in France, known since the reign of Henry II, are revealed. The origin of the French court ballet was determined, its socio-political functions aimed at the hierarchical structuring of the royal court, strengthening the authority of the monarch, the unification of the aristocratic nobility and the removal of hotbeds of tension in society were revealed, which were characteristic features for the functional features of the English court Masque. The stages of the origin, formation, heyday, and decline of the French court ballet are described. A parallel is drawn between the burlesque roles of the king in the court ballet and the birth of an antimasque, the founder of which was was B. Johnson, a poet and playwright. It was established that the Italian style coexisted in England with other European styles during the period of the Stuart reign, and Italian dances, costumes, librettos and stage designs were used in the performances of English Masques.

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Pragmatic complexity in metaphor interpretation

Gibbs

2023

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Diving into the wreck: Can people resist allegorical meaning?

Cited by 15 publications

References 22 publications

Allegory in Literature and Life

Allegory in Literature and Life

influence of the culture of France and Italy on the genre of masque in England

Pragmatic complexity in metaphor interpretation

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