«D’un mode de parler à la parole vive». Le metafore nom de nom nell’opera di Lorand Gaspar

Abstract

This thesis aims to study the deep rhetoric of French contemporary literature, specifically in the works of Lorand Gaspar. The methodology is based on rhetorical linguistic theories and discourse analysis contributions in order to investigate the use of metaphors in the noun of noun binomial expression (i.e. the connection between the head noun and its genitive complement) The research will be divided into two main parts : the first one, which includes Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, deals with the theoretical and methodological f rameworks , the second, consisting of Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, presents the analysis of the chosen corpus. The first chapter is focused on the idea of replaceability of the classical tradition and of the French Néorhétorique , the interaction view and the cognitive approach, the syntactic and the pragmatic semantic perspective s . This overview will highlight some of the intrinsic properties of the metaphor so as to delineate a definition that takes into account its grammatical, conceptual and contextual characteristics. The second chapter outlines the conceptualisation of this figure in the field of French discour se analysis. T he characteristics foregrounded in the definition of metaphor will be complemented by t he notions of communication contract, ethos and dialogism , which contribute to the construction and interpretation of conflictual complex meanings. As a matter of fact, these notions convey a communicative and artistic intention whose decoding , entrusted to the reader is based on discursive and extradiscursive elements. The third chapter applies the methodologies previously identified to the critical apparatus, interviews and autobiographical essays that define Gaspar’s existential and literary journey and construct a n image of the author. The fourth chapter examines the noun of noun metaphors that can be found in his literary production and a reflection on the different structural forms of the figure and its functions in a given corpus. In conclusion, the study of binomial expressions allows us, on the one hand, to delineate the formal and conceptual structure of the metaphor and, on the other, to unveil how this figure contributes to the construction of a specific image of the author and convey s a message and a precise standpoint that the reader tries to decode.