Fractal modelling of metaphor (life - trip) in the literary discourse of T. Pratchett

Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2017. Volume 2. No. 3. pp. 519-522.

Authors


Bakiev A. G.*
Bashkir State University
32 Zaki Validi Street, 450074 Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia

Abstract


The article presents a fractal model of the metaphor “life - trip”. In the literary discourse of T. Pratchett the metaphor is unraveled along the trajectory of rhizome which expresses unstable, chaotic sense cohesion and low degree of its fusion.

Keywords


  • synergetics
  • fractal
  • rhizome
  • metaphor
  • blend
  • order parameters
  • attractor