ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS8-9
ABSTRACT9-11
摘要11-15
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION15-18
1.1 The Significance and Purpose of the Present Study15-16
1.2 The Methodology and Corpora16
1.3 Organization of the Thesis16-18
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW18-22
2.1 A Review of the Study on Metaphor at Home and Abroad18-19
2.2 A Review of the Study on Cognitive Poetics19-22
CHAPTER III THEORETIC FRAMEWORK22-38
3.1 Overview of Cognitive Poetics22-23
3.2 The Main Theoretical Contents of Cognitive Poetics23-32
3.2.1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory23-25
3.2.2 Blending Theory25-32
3.2.2.1 The Network of Conceptual Blending26-27
3.2.2.2 The Operations of Spaces in Conceptual Blending27-28
3.2.2.3 Basic Processes of Conceptual Blending:28-29
3.2.2.4 The Optimapty of Principles of Conceptual Blending29-30
3.2.2.5 Four Types Network of Conceptual Blending30-32
3.3 Conceptual Blending Metaphor (CBM) Model in Metaphor Interpretation32-38
3.3.1 Comparisions of CMT and BT32-33
3.3.2 CBM—A Fusion Model of CMT and BT in Metaphor Interpretation33-38
3.3.2.1 CBM1 for Conventional Metaphors35-36
3.3.2.2 CBM2 for Comppcated Metaphors36-38
CHAPTER IV METAPHOR IN TANG POEMS38-42
4.1 Poetry and Metaphor38
4.2 Poetic Metaphor38-40
4.3 Why Choose The 300 Tang poems40-42
CHAPTER V METAPHOR INTERPRETAION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF COGNITIVE POETICS42-66
5.1 Distribution of Metaphors in The 300 Tang poems42-47
5.2 Conceptual Blending Metaphor Model in Metaphor Interpretation47-64
5.2.1 CBM1 for Conventional Metaphors47-50
5.2.2 CBM2 for Comppcated Metaphors50-64
5.2.2.1 Cases of the Simple Network51-55
5.2.2.2 Cases of the Mirror Network55-57
5.2.2.3 Cases of the Single-scope Network57-61
5.2.2.4 Cases of the Double-scope Network61-64
5.3 Advantages of the CBM Model in Explaining Poetic Metaphors64-66
CHAPTER VI CONCLUSIONS66-68
6.1 Summary66-67
6.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Study67-68
BIBLIOGRAPHY68-70