Metaphoric Narration: Mimesis of Mystic Experience in Hadewijch of Brabant's 'Vision 1'
Utilizing linguistics and literary criticism as the interpretive framework, hermeneut Luz Aurora Pimentel elaborated the theoretical concept of 'Metaphoric narration.' Metaphoric narration is the intellectual semiotic, or meaning-making, process of metaphorization at the level of the text;...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Interdisciplinary journal of research on religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 14, Pages: 1-26 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hadewijch 1200-1260, Visioenen
/ Mystical experience (Motif)
/ Narrative technique
/ Metaphor
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CE Christian art KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBD Benelux countries NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology NBK Soteriology |
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| Summary: | Utilizing linguistics and literary criticism as the interpretive framework, hermeneut Luz Aurora Pimentel elaborated the theoretical concept of 'Metaphoric narration.' Metaphoric narration is the intellectual semiotic, or meaning-making, process of metaphorization at the level of the text; in other words, Pimentel has experimented with the possibility of metaphor in the context of the whole of a work rather than just in the context of a sentence. This article tests Pimentel's experiment by applying the theory of metaphoric narration to a close reading of Hadewijch of Brabant's 'Vision 1,' asking the question, Does the theory of metaphoric narration assist in analyzing narrative expression of lived, mystical experience? In working through an interpretation of this text utilizing Pimentel's theory, findings indicate that there are characteristics of metaphoric narration that Hadewijch has leveraged in order to transmute her spiritual experience into written language that is mimetic of that lived experience. This detailed study indicates that metaphoric narration may be a useful analytical approach of interest to medieval scholars, as it utilizes semiotics rather than psychoanalysis for its interpretive reference. It will also be of interest to literary studies in its articulation of the expressive possibilities offered by metaphoric narration, and to those in religious studies with an interest in mysticism but limited knowledge of either Hadewijch or literary methods of analysis. |
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| ISSN: | 1556-3723 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interdisciplinary journal of research on religion
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