Author: Drulák P.

Title: Metafora kak most mezhdu ratsional’nym i khudozhestvennym

Journal: Proceedings of Ural State Pedagogical University. Linguistics.

Year: 2006

Volume: 19

Pages: 116-131

Language of publication: Russian

 

 

DRULÁK P.

 

METAPHORS AS BRIDGES BETWEEN RATIONAL AND AESTHETIC

 

In this essay Petr Drulák merges the sharp boundary between the rational inquiry of the world and its aesthetic experience. The author makes a survey of the history of the question proving that since Plato these two approaches have been looked upon as radically opposing. However, his analysis states that both scholarly discourse and aesthetic experience cannot do without metaphors. More than that, his research on European integration and on war suggests that the very same metaphors may underlie both kinds of thinking. Thus the dialogue between rational and aesthetic is not only possible but also enriching to both kinds of experience.