Diamonds within Diamonds within Diamonds: Ethnic Literature and the Fractal Aesthetic

Mikkelsen, Nina

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“…The textual perspective of fractal structures has often merged with the literary perspective (e.g. Eftekhari, 2006;Finan, 2012;Mikkelsen, 2002;Sassón-Henry, 2006;Wenaus, 2011), psycholinguistic perspective (e.g. Butner, Pasupathi and Vallejos, 2008), and even computer games perspective (e.g.…”

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Fractal metaphor LIFE IS A STORY in biographical narrative

Bystrov

2014

Topics in Linguistics

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The paper applies an interdisciplinary perspective to a fictional text showing that fractals as mathematical models are a powerful tool for conceptualizing life experience in biographical narratives. The multilevel construction of Chatterton by Peter Ackroyd is explored on the basis of fractal metaphor theory. This research focuses on the LIFE IS A STORY conceptual fractal metaphor which is built up on analogical mappings, mental space connections, and blends. The fractal model of metaphor in biographical narrative, which is assigned to the formula LIFE IS A STORY f (1) + f (2) + f (3) + … + f (n), contains the mental space of the intentional source domain story, which provides a way to structure the understanding of the limiting target domain of the concept life. Fractal metaphors aim at making the conceptual metaphor flexible and dynamic, renewing its ability of self-development and self-perfection, transforming itself into one of the means of changeable conceptualization of reality.

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Fractal metaphor LIFE IS A STORY in biographical narrative

Bystrov

2014

Topics in Linguistics

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“…Some notable uses of fractals in humanities are in the field of poetry (Fulton 1999, Keller and Swensen 2007, Riach 1995, Romesburg 2010, film studies (Palumbo 1996(Palumbo , 1998(Palumbo , 1999(Palumbo , 2002, theater studies (Roeschlein 2012), narrative analysis and literary criticism (Brick 2012, P.A. Harris 1993, Mikkelsen 2002, Sánchez 2003, Wenaus 2011, Voicu 2014 ), and cultural studies (Adham 2008, Akkerman 1992, Andrus 2012, Mallard and Foucault 2011, Mische 2015, and Uzendoski 2010. The final part of this dissertation provides a detailed theorization of fractal identity and its application to the analysis of diasporic literature.…”

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A Geography of Strangeness: Transcultural Personhood and Fractal Identity in Contemporary South Asian Muslim American Literature

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for providing a rich, culturally diverse, and stimulating learning environment.This dissertation is a result of my interest in literature and the fascinating world of languages. I express my sincere gratitude to Madame Indubala Ashok for being a wonderful Král (2014) offers this pertinent quote from Riley's work on fractal identities in literature:The impermanence of collective identities in general is a pressing problem for any emancipating movement which launches itself on the appeal to solidarity, to the common cause of a new group being, or an ignored group identity. This will afflict racial, national, occupational, class, religious, and other consolidations. While you might choose to take on being a disabled person or a lesbian, for instance, as a political position, you might not elect to make a politics out of other designations (Riley, 2000, 16). (174)

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The Cambridge History of African American Literature

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Diamonds within Diamonds within Diamonds: Ethnic Literature and the Fractal Aesthetic

Cited by 34 publications

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Fractal metaphor LIFE IS A STORY in biographical narrative

Fractal metaphor LIFE IS A STORY in biographical narrative

A Geography of Strangeness: Transcultural Personhood and Fractal Identity in Contemporary South Asian Muslim American Literature

The Cambridge History of African American Literature

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