VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI

UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
PHÍ THỊ THU TRANG A STUDY OF WATER AND FIRE AS METAPHORS IN
AMERICAN AND VIETNAMESE SHORT STORIES
OF THE 20
TH
CENTURY

NGHIÊN CỨU ẨN DỤ NƯỚC VÀ LỬA TRONG TRUYỆN
NGẮN THẾ KỶ 20 CỦA MỸ VÀ VIỆT NAM

MINOR M.A THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS
CODE: 602215 HÀ NỘI, 2010
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii
ABSTRACT iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS iv

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1
1. Rationale for the study 1
2. Scope of the study 2
3. Objectives of the study 2
4. Methods of the study 3
5. Design of the study 3

PART TWO: DEVELOPMENT 4
Chapter 1: Theoretical background 4
1.1 An overview of metaphor 4
1.1.1 What is metaphor? 4
1.1.2 Components of metaphor 5
1.1.3 Types of metaphor 6
1.2 Metaphor in literature 7
1.3 American short stories of the 20
th

APPENDIX F XXIX
APPENDIX G XXX