Anne Päivärinta

Linnaeus University, Department of Languages, Faculty Member

Tampere University, School of Language, Translation and Literary Studies, Post-Doc

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My research focuses on embodiment in literature and particularly the functions of embodied metaphors in literary texts.

My doctoral dissertation (2014) was an interdisciplinary exploration of embodied metaphors in Dylan Thomas’s writing. I developed a critical text-analytical take on Conceptual Metaphor Theory in order to argue that embodiment defines Thomas’s writing both thematically and stylistically.

In January 2018 I will be starting a new research project entitled "Nomadity as Embodied Absence in Contemporary Fiction".

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Foregrounding the foregrounded. The literariness of Dylan Thomas's 'After the funeral'

Cognitive Grammar in Literature, edited by Chloe Harrison, Louise Nuttall, Peter Stockwell and Wenjuan Yuan, 2014

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Exposing the private parts: the macabre embodiment of Dylan Thomas's 'My hero bares his nerves'

Though Dylan Thomas (1914–1953) can be characterised as a Modernist writer, some critics have dee... more Though Dylan Thomas (1914–1953) can be characterised as a Modernist writer, some critics have deemed his writing far too ‘anti-intellectual’ to really fit in the literary historical context of early 20th-century British poetry. More specifically, the distinct bodily quality of Thomas’s poems was found objectionable by many contemporaries and is still a much debated issue among Thomas scholars. In my talk I shed some light on Thomas’s unarguably grim yet fascinatingly complex body metaphors. I employ the concept of embodiment, as defined in cognitive linguistics, in analysing the poem “My hero bares his nerves”. The subject matter of the poem – masturbation – has been a source of some controversy, even leading to dismissals of the poem’s artistic merit. I aim to show that the poem is not a mere description of a private physical act, but a carefully structured invitation to reflect on the distinctions between body and world as well as experience and word.

Dylan Thomas's poetics of embodiment (poster)

This poster presents a summary of my PhD project, with a brief case study.

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Papers by Anne Päivärinta

Kognitiivinen metafora runoanalyysin selkärankana? Dylan Thomasin "After the funeral" -runon ruumiilliset kielikuvat ja koherenttiuden haaste

Kognitiivinen metafora runoanalyysin selkärankana? Dylan Thomasin "After the funeral" -runon ruum... more Kognitiivinen metafora runoanalyysin selkärankana? Dylan Thomasin "After the funeral" -runon ruumiilliset kielikuvat ja koherenttiuden haaste Diskurssi, jolla metaforaa koetetaan analysoida, ei pysty välttämään metaforia itsekään. Kielellä on metatason funktio -kielessä voidaan puhua kielestä -mutta ei ole olemassa mitään metakieltä, vain monia kielen kerroksia. (Culler 1983, xi.)

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Foregrounding the foregrounded. The literariness of Dylan Thomas's 'After the funeral'

Cognitive Grammar in Literature, edited by Chloe Harrison, Louise Nuttall, Peter Stockwell and Wenjuan Yuan, 2014

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Exposing the private parts: the macabre embodiment of Dylan Thomas's 'My hero bares his nerves'

Dylan Thomas's poetics of embodiment (poster)

This poster presents a summary of my PhD project, with a brief case study.

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Kognitiivinen metafora runoanalyysin selkärankana? Dylan Thomasin "After the funeral" -runon ruumiilliset kielikuvat ja koherenttiuden haaste

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