CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN “THE FORTY RULES OF LOVE” BY ELIF SHAFAK
Keywords:
genre, emotions, collocation, and conceptual metaphor, Elif Shafak’s novel “The Forty Rules of LoveAbstract
The focus of the current study is on authors’ perspectives on how metaphorical language is handled in their literary works. In light of the conceptual metaphor theory, it also highlights metaphorical trends. Although metaphor is typically thought of as a figure of speech, it serves a variety of purposes in literary works.