Notes on Books 1/30/11

Metaphors We Live By
_ metaphor is for most people a device of the poetic imagination and the rhetorical flourish a matter of extraordinary rather than ordinary language.

-metaphor is pervasive in everyday life on the basis of linguistic evidence, we have found that most of our ordinary conceptual system is metaphorical in nature

-human though processes are largely metaphorical

Metaphor & Film
Do metaphors really exist in film?
-metaphors existing in films have  come from two quarters: from literary critics who consider that this: extension of metaphor would empty it all of precision.

- symbolism belongs to the sphere of things while metaphor belongs to the sphere of words

-it is hoped that this will provide insights into the workings of "film language" and indeed into the very process underlying metaphor generally.



Rhetorics of Fantasy

Immersive Fantasy = the implied reader, dependent on the protagonists absorption of sight and sounds is not required to accept his/her narrative

To distinguish them = tales are usually told in the 3rd person the listener is represented as if present at the telling of the tale

Portal Quest Fantasy 
--position of reader = companion -audience, tied to the protagonist and dependent upon the protagonist for explanation and decoding

most familiar type = Lion, Witch and The Wardrobe
similar narrative strategies - transition and exploration

Can one have an internal quest that does not require the protagonist to move through a physical and internal landscape?
-there are very few p.q.f that are not succeeded by journeys

Top 10 Fantasy Movies

My top 10 fantasy movies are ..

1. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe- When 

2. Avatar- When the marine climbs into the machine and first becomes an avatar. 

3. The Harry Potter Series- When Harry fights the basilisk in the chamber or secrets.

4. Alice in Wonderland- When Alice speaks to the Cheshire Cat. 

5. Star Wars-Light saber fights. 

6. The Lord of the Rings-When the ring takes Froto into middle earth.

7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-Charlie's flight from the factory into the sky with Willie Wonka. 

8. The Dark Knight-Batman and Joker fighting.

9. The Wizard of Oz- When Dorothy speaks to a scarecrow, witch, tin man, and lion. 

10. Back to the Future-When the characters time travel.