CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN JAMAICA KINCAID: SHORT ANALYSIS ON THE CARIBBEAN SELF-AFFIRMATION IDENTITY

Authors

  • GILDEON ALVES SANTOS Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32988/rep.v2n9.1211

Keywords:

Colonization; Identity Self-affirmation; Conceptual Metaphor.

Abstract

The present paper is a short analysis of two conceptual metaphors in narratives written by the Caribbean author Jamaica Kincaid. Its main objective is discussing, under the light of the conceptual metaphor theory (LAKOFF; JOHNSON, 1980), issues of The Caribbean identity self-affirmation through three work of the author, such as, “On seeing England for the first time” (1991), Annie John (1997) and A Small Place (2000). It broadly presents some of the most common themes in narratives by three of the main scholars of that region, namely, Frantz Fanon, Stuart Hall and Édouard Glissant, in the attempt to establish a thematic contextualization of those with the work above mentioned. Finally, it rises short reflection on how the experience of colonization and displacement affect the identitiy construction of those peoples.

Published

2020-12-10

Issue

Section

(E)MIGRANT WRITERS IN THE CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH NARRATIVE

How to Cite

CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN JAMAICA KINCAID: SHORT ANALYSIS ON THE CARIBBEAN SELF-AFFIRMATION IDENTITY. (2020). Revista (Entre Parênteses), 9(2). https://doi.org/10.32988/rep.v2n9.1211

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