Theatrum Historiae. The Metaphors of J. A. Comenius’ Historical Theory and Narration and their Empirical Context

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Theatrum Historiae. The Metaphors of J. A. Comenius’ Historical Theory and Narration and their Empirical Context

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This study focuses on several metaphors used by Comenius when discussing history. The first part discusses Comenius’ theory of metaphor. Unlike many noted critics who have dismissed metaphor for its susceptibility to inaccuracies, Comenius advises caution when using this linguistic tool but accepts it. As a theologian, he highly values the metaphorical language of the Bible and its explicatory power. In his rhetorical and philological texts, he adheres to the classical substitution theory of metaphor. However, several (and mainly) Pansophic texts bring up also its cognitive potential. The second part moves from Comenius’ theory to his practice in his historical and metahistorical writings. While in his historical writings he includes common narrative metaphors, in his metahistorical texts, he applies conceptual metaphors that help him to grasp his ideas about the nature and properties of history and historical processes. Coming from the domain of theatre, astrology, theory of vision, optics, and the physics of light, these metaphors present history as something that could be seen and physically experienced. The source domains from which Comenius derives his metaphors refer to fundamental empirical principles dominating seventeenth-century epistemology. By creating these metaphors, history came into lexical proximity with natural philosophy and the discourse of the natural sciences.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Theatrum Historiae. The Metaphors of J. A. Comenius’ Historical Theory and Narration and their Empirical Context

Popis výsledku anglicky

This study focuses on several metaphors used by Comenius when discussing history. The first part discusses Comenius’ theory of metaphor. Unlike many noted critics who have dismissed metaphor for its susceptibility to inaccuracies, Comenius advises caution when using this linguistic tool but accepts it. As a theologian, he highly values the metaphorical language of the Bible and its explicatory power. In his rhetorical and philological texts, he adheres to the classical substitution theory of metaphor. However, several (and mainly) Pansophic texts bring up also its cognitive potential. The second part moves from Comenius’ theory to his practice in his historical and metahistorical writings. While in his historical writings he includes common narrative metaphors, in his metahistorical texts, he applies conceptual metaphors that help him to grasp his ideas about the nature and properties of history and historical processes. Coming from the domain of theatre, astrology, theory of vision, optics, and the physics of light, these metaphors present history as something that could be seen and physically experienced. The source domains from which Comenius derives his metaphors refer to fundamental empirical principles dominating seventeenth-century epistemology. By creating these metaphors, history came into lexical proximity with natural philosophy and the discourse of the natural sciences.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA20-11795S" target="_blank" >GA20-11795S: Historiam videre. Svědectví, zkušenost a empirická evidence v raně novověké historiografii českých zemí</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Acta Comeniana

ISSN

0231-5955

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

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Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

35/59

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

25

Strana od-do

9-33

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85148946293