A Contrastive Study on Metaphors in Nursery Rhymes in both Ancie大学生毕业论文nt China and Middle Ages in Western Countries.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 25 中国古代与西方中世纪童谣隐喻对比研究 摘要：对童谣来说，隐喻不仅是修辞手段，也是认知手段。近年来，国内外许多学者已对童谣的内涵进行了一系列的研究，在童谣中的隐喻这部分的领域也是著述颇丰。这些研究无疑给我们提供了许多启示，然而专对中国古代与西方中世纪童谣隐喻对比研究还是甚少，在这方面的研究仍有待进一步充实。本研究将在已有研究的基础上，通过大量的原著阅读及前人的文献参考从政治领域、经济领域和社会领域三个层次来探讨中国古代与西方中世纪童谣隐喻的异同点。本研究的结果表明，无论在中国古代还是西方中世纪，童谣都以一种影射的形式反应了当时的时代背景和社会现实，记录了人类发展历程。从该结果可以看出，在简单童谣的背后往往隐藏着复杂的社会及历史意义，童谣可以作为人们了解历史及社会的重要途径。 关键词：隐喻；童谣；概念隐喻理论；概念整合理论 A Contrastive Study on Metaphors in Nursery Rhymes in both Ancient China and Middle Ages in Western Countries Abstract: Metaphor is not only the rhetoric means, but also the cognitive means for nursery rhymes. Although there are many brilliant writings in the part of the metaphors in nursery rhymes studies and many of them have provided us with much enlightenment, they rarely focus on the contrastive study on metaphors in nursery rhymes in both ancient China and middle ages in western countries. So I think there is still room for further probing. This research aims to discuss the similarities and differences of metaphors in nursery rhymes in both ancient China and middle ages in western countries from three perspectives: political field, economic field and social field. The result confirms that nursery rhymes can reflect historical background and social reality by the way of insinuating and recorded human development in both ancient China and Middle Ages in western countries. From the results, we can find that it is rich and meaningful messages contained in nursery rhymes and they can serve as a mirror for us to know the history and understand society. Key words: metaphor; nursery rhymes; conceptual metaphor theory; conceptual integration theory When mentioned nursery rhymes, most people may associate with the innocent and joyous games they played in childhood. However, the truth is no like that. Many nursery rhymes that chanted in high streets and back lanes until today were not created for children at the very start. It can be said that most nursery rhymes’ original intention was not for i