Metaphor and poetic logic in Vico
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Augusto Ponzio
Augusto Ponzio (b. 1942). His research interests include philosophy of language, general linguistics, semiotics, and theory of literature. His recent major publications include
Tra semiotica e letteratura. Introduzione a Michail Bachtin (2003);Views in Literary Semiotics (with S. Petrilli, 2003);Semiotics Unbounded (2005); andThe Semiotic Animal (with J. Deely, 2005).
Abstract
This paper is part of ongoing research on metaphor conducted from a semiotic perspective, implementing, in particular, theoretical instruments as developed by Charles S. Peirce. According to Peirce, metaphor is a type of icon and, like all signs, is part of an interpretive route. The specific object of analysis is metaphor as studied by Giambattista Vico, who recovers the connection between verbal language and the senses, that is, the body. In his studies he refers to Aristotle, Galen, as well as to other philosophers. According to Vico metaphor is a fundamental and primal instrument of thought, a concept developed by Du Marsais and Rousseau. Particularly important is the Vichian concept of poetic logic.
About the author
Augusto Ponzio (b. 1942). His research interests include philosophy of language, general linguistics, semiotics, and theory of literature. His recent major publications include Tra semiotica e letteratura. Introduzione a Michail Bachtin (2003); Views in Literary Semiotics (with S. Petrilli, 2003); Semiotics Unbounded (2005); and The Semiotic Animal (with J. Deely, 2005).
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