The Comparison Study Of Symbol And Metaphor

Symbol and metaphor can be traced back to the theoretical study of ancient Greece, has been more than two thousand years of history. Symbolism has gone through four stages:the embryonic period of ancient Greece, medieval stage of development of one-sided,18 to the 19th century period of development characterized the late 19th to the 20th century and diversified stages of development. Similarly, metaphor theory has also gone through rhetoric, poetics, linguistics, philosophy of language, anthropology, and cognitive thinking and research, development stage, the 20th century into the diversity of 50's climax, the late 70s, European and American Metaphor trend is even more intense.Overall, a symbol of Western theorists have of the traditional theory and metaphor theory and the theory of the formation of a more mature system, and achieved considerable results. However, theory and metaphor theory in the symbolic history of the development process in parallel, because the two are very similar morphology, they have been unable to confirm the identity in a awkward position. On the relationship between the two, divergent theoretical circles, controversial. People in the use of these two concepts confused when it is extremely casual.Symbol and metaphor for the relationship between this paper similarities and differences from the two studies. The "symbol and metaphor," mainly from the similarities of the study from the "implicit" way of expression, moral appeals and abstract thinking and to expand the direct involvement of the three aspects discussed. Metaphor is a kind of symbol and meaning of symbols, all have implied. This symbol has the same construction mode, they are using an emotional, external, can we perceive and grasp the meaning of things to render. Because of this significance and the existence of the external image of the disharmony between the place, after all, a symbol or metaphor once formed body is in a precarious state. Significance has become a destabilizing factor, which requires confirmation, but can not achieve such a sudden desire to expand their own so that cognitive space. Symbols and metaphors to construct meaning from the form of presentation are inseparable from the people thinking they are the human way of thinking. Symbol and metaphor to the image-based thinking, but are inseparable from start to finish directly involved in abstract thinking, abstract thinking, often playing a leading role.The "symbol and metaphor," to explore the main differences from theoverall awareness and the basic existence of significant correlation and transcendence, to accept the difficult and easy to read the three aspects described. Is actually generated by the external structure and then to sense the significance of the value of the three steps to achieve this. A symbol of holistic awareness of local experience metaphor concerned, they have different value pursuit; symbolic meaning universal, multidimensional and fuzzy, while the metaphorical meaning is a specific nature, unity and clarity; nature of these differences result in significant the reader to accept the difficulty of different, easy to understand metaphor, and symbol are difficult to accept. The main difference from the accepted symbols and metaphors focus on the pursuit of different values.The reason why the symbol and metaphor in an awkward position, the main reason is that they are in building mode, the significance of the expression and the intrinsic way of thinking is very similar. At the same time, they form the structure, formation and implementation of other aspects meaning there is a considerable difference. The main point is subordinate to the symbolic metaphor, a symbol that contains metaphors; focus on perceived value metaphor, a symbol of artistic integrity, the pursuit of the realization of aesthetic value, a symbol higher than the metaphor.