Metaphorical Ways of Knowing: The Imaginative Nature of Thought and ExpressionThis book explores the subject of metaphor, using the imagery of cartography to set a course. It explores the creative aspects of thinking and learning through literature, writing, and word play, drawing connections between English and other content areas. Theory and practical applications meet in the book, linking activities and resources to current classroom concerns--to multiculturalism, imagination in reading and writing, critical thinking, and expanding language experiences. The first part of the book examines the uses of metaphor in constructing meaning. The second part takes up issues related to multiple perspectives--using metaphors to experience other lives, and exploring cultures through traditions. The third part of the book is devoted to a consideration of the history and current status of the English language and focuses on using cross-cultural stories in the English classroom, offering a number of resources for teaching multicultural literature in English. The fourth part examines the sensory experience of metaphors by seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and touching with the imagination. Contains 14 pages of references and an index. (NKA) |
Contents
Language Thought and Imagination | 3 |
Metaphors and New Outlooks | 67 |
The Experience of Metaphor | 155 |
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Activity African African American animal Annie Dillard Ask students associated become behavior calendar capture cartoon celebrations century Chapter Christophe Gallaz classroom comparison concept cultures Dances with Wolves Darmok Darth Vader Dathon described develop discussion earth editorial cartoon Elvis Presley English evoke example experience explore express feel fiction Figure focus Gilgamesh give help students holidays human imagery images imagine Ishmael Reed Jean knowledge Kwanzaa language learning literary literature lives look Louise Erdrich meaning meta mind multicultural Native American nature one's original perhaps person perspective phor Picard piece poem Press proverb Pugh questions reflect reimagine rituals Saint Lucia Salmon scent seasons share smell someone sound story suggest superstitions symbols Tamarian teachers Thou Uncommon Noun thought tion tradition tree Trying understanding University visual metaphor words writing York Young