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This document summarizes a presentation about Roman Jakobson and his theories of metaphor and metonymy. It discusses how Jakobson argued that poetry uses metaphor based on similarity, while prose uses metonymy based on contiguity. Examples are given from novels by J.M. Coetzee to illustrate metaphor and metonymy, such as references to domination in Disgrace functioning as metonymy. The presentation also discusses how Eagleton and Jakobson analyzed different literary styles

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fatima zohra khelifi

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