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Theoretical Background: Conceptual Integration TheoryOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
The main objective of the present study is to examine the analytical potentialities of the Conceptual Blending Theory (CBT), by Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner (2002), through its application to a number of short stories, by Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood, particularly the texts built upon a feminist revision of fairy tales. This is conducted through (1) exploring the conceptual integration networks activated in mind when reading and interpreting the selected texts and (2) investigating the mental processes within these networks, which may have led to the construction of the fictional world in the texts. In the outcome of the study, it is found out that applying the theory to Carter’s ”The Bloody Chamber” and ”The Courtship of Mr. Lyon” (1979) and Atwood’s ”The ittle Red Hen Tells All” and ”Unpopular Gals” (1997) reveals more of the theory’s descriptive and analytical potentialities.