The Figuration of Time: Rhythm and Metaphor in Dramatic Language

Kwok Kui Wong*

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    Abstract

    This study starts with the classical questions on the reality, extension and continuum of the flux of time, and then turns to the creative use of language as a possible solution. It will focus mainly on dramatic language as a spoken language, which has an essential relation with the flow of time. It will look at the different elements in dramatic language such as meter, rhythm, rhetorical devices, and metaphor, etc. to see how language may response to the relation of tension in the structure of time, i.e. how it may, on the one hand, flow with time while, on the other hand, create permanent unities in this flow such as meaning and concept.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationPhenomenology and the Arts
    Subtitle of host publicationLogos and Aisthesis
    PublisherSpringer Nature
    Pages111-125
    Number of pages15
    ISBN (Electronic)9783030308667
    ISBN (Print)9783030308650, 9783030308681
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jan 2020

    Publication series

    NameContributions To Phenomenology
    Volume109
    ISSN (Print)0923-9545
    ISSN (Electronic)2215-1915

    Scopus Subject Areas

    • Philosophy
    • History and Philosophy of Science

    User-Defined Keywords

    • Dramatic speech
    • Nietzsche
    • Pathos
    • Ricoeur
    • Schopenhauer
    • Time

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