In:Metaphor, Nation and Discourse
Edited by Ljiljana Šarić and Mateusz-Milan Stanojević
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 82] 2019
► pp. 321–346
Chapter 12Guidelines on how to construct a nation
Metaphors in the first episode of the Catalan series Gran Nord
Published online: 20 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.82.13gra
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.82.13gra
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the analysis of metaphors employed in the first episode of the television series Gran Nord (2012–2013) (Great North) broadcast in prime time by Catalan television. The chapter demonstrates that these metaphors contribute to the construction of ideological meanings around the spaces which constitute the fictional universe of the series in relation to the apparently conflicting aspects of the protagonist's identity. In order to achieve this, Conceptual Metaphor Theory and, in particular, Lakoff and Johnson’s Metaphorical Representation Theory (1980) and Lera Boroditsky’s Metaphoric Structuring View (2000) are employed.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Cultural context: Catalan public broadcasting service and its role as “national media”
- 3.Conceptual metaphors and audiovisual metaphors
- 4.Gran Nord: Audiovisual metaphors and their ideological role in the narrative
- 5.Anna’s conflictive identity as an allegory for the dialectics between (national) identities in Catalonia
- 6.Conclusions
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