A Study of Container Metaphorical Narration in The Keep
The Keep,the third novel by contemporary American female writer Jennifer Egan,combines such elements as Gothic,surrealism,absurdity and love,portraying multiple themes,like death and redemption.This paper will focus on container metaphors,the core ones in the novel,and analyze the functions container metaphors on the plot,characterization and narrative structure in the novel,in order to have a better understanding of the effect of metaphorical narration on the construction of the meaning of the novel.
The KeepJennifer Egancontainer metaphorsmetaphorical narration
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