Classical personification in literary discourse by G. Martin

Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2017. Volume 2. No. 4. pp. 623-627.

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The article studies the use of the literary device called personification, personification is understood by the authors as a type of metaphor. The book series “A song of Ice and Fire” by G. Martin was chosen as empirical material for the research. Two types of personification have been identified: author’s and classical. The focus of the article lies on the latter and three frames of metaphorical models of its realization can be singled out: X - MAN, X - ANIMAL, X - ORGANISM.