Chapter Ernest Hemingway’s short story "Cat in the rain" (1925): A prototype of narrative and emotion

Ernest Hemingway’s (1899–1961) short story “Cat in the rain” (1925/1953) describes the weakening of emotional bond between an American couple living in Italy and the gradual emergence of romantic affection between the wife and the keeper of the hotel in which they are staying. Adopting the perspecti...

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Main Author: Kosecki, Krzysztof
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Language:English
Published: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 2025
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description Ernest Hemingway’s (1899–1961) short story “Cat in the rain” (1925/1953) describes the weakening of emotional bond between an American couple living in Italy and the gradual emergence of romantic affection between the wife and the keeper of the hotel in which they are staying. Adopting the perspectives of Cognitive Poetics (Gavins & Steen, 2003; Lakoff & Turner, 1989; Stockwell, 2002; Turner, 1991, 1996) and narratology (Hogan, 2003, 2011), the analysis makes two claims: 1. Hemingway’s narrative reflects a prototypical pattern of the literary plot of its genre. 2. Metaphors and metonymies functioning in the structure of the narrative represent various aspects of a prototypical scenario of romantic love. Both elements make the short story convincing in spite of its condensed form.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1553212025-03-07T14:07:48Z Chapter Ernest Hemingway’s short story "Cat in the rain" (1925): A prototype of narrative and emotion Kosecki, Krzysztof narrative structure semiotic systems phonological oppositions cognitive grammar axiology validation descriptive grammar lexical semantics Ernest Hemingway’s (1899–1961) short story “Cat in the rain” (1925/1953) describes the weakening of emotional bond between an American couple living in Italy and the gradual emergence of romantic affection between the wife and the keeper of the hotel in which they are staying. Adopting the perspectives of Cognitive Poetics (Gavins & Steen, 2003; Lakoff & Turner, 1989; Stockwell, 2002; Turner, 1991, 1996) and narratology (Hogan, 2003, 2011), the analysis makes two claims: 1. Hemingway’s narrative reflects a prototypical pattern of the literary plot of its genre. 2. Metaphors and metonymies functioning in the structure of the narrative represent various aspects of a prototypical scenario of romantic love. Both elements make the short story convincing in spite of its condensed form. 2025-03-07T14:07:46Z 2025-03-07T14:07:46Z 2020 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788381429894_746 9788381429894 9788381429887 9788363839666 9788364462573 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/155321 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/342 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8142-988-7.09 10.18778/8142-988-7.09 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788381429894 9788381429887 9788363839666 9788364462573 91-99 open access
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descriptive grammar
lexical semantics
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Chapter Ernest Hemingway’s short story "Cat in the rain" (1925): A prototype of narrative and emotion
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semiotic systems
phonological oppositions
cognitive grammar
axiology
validation
descriptive grammar
lexical semantics
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cognitive grammar
axiology
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descriptive grammar
lexical semantics
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