1 What is a synergic metaphor?
The analysis of literature is concerned with the interpreting mind of a reader, while a synergic metaphor is the macro analysis method used to research the writing brain of an author. Basically, I use the image of an “L” to denote the reading brain on its vertical arm and to horizontally represent the writing brain. I then create a database by reading each scene like the character L. Next, I build an ensemble of many combinations to merge both cognitive activities and look for the path of a signal within the brain.
The synergic metaphors that I have considered include “Thomas Mann and fuzzy,” “Lu Xun and chaos,” “Ogai Mori and feelings,” and “Nadine Gordimer and motivation.” On those occasions, I discussed the writing style of the authors and defined a scene of problem resolution as my subject. In this paper, I will investigate Nadine Gordimer’s romans and Yasushi Inoue with regard to the global magnitude (four points of the compass) and the shift of format from the cognitive science of an inverted T to an L arrangement.
花村嘉英訳（2018）「シナジーのメタファーの作り方」より translated by Yoshihisa Hanamura