مساءلة في تحيين مفهوم الاستعارة بين البلاغة و السيمياء

Abstract EN

The metaphor has passed through several stages from traditional perceptions, into modern theories; that is to say, change and difference from the old rhetoric, as viewed by Michael Riffaterre for whom the significance in metaphors are: the transition from abstract signs to the graphic signs "because the metaphor as a simulated relationship contributes mainly in providing a second image of the language, thus “ the most advanced and sophisticated analysis of metaphor’s mechanism has been described in terms of semantic component, and differences in perception, and transmission of significance".

On the basis of these different descriptions, the metaphor confirms the divergent perceptions that led to several views, making of the comparing item an image which draws one’s attention.

So, recognizing that it is Cognitive does not mean that we have to study it in terms of honesty, for this reason we will not take into account the discussions about the various concepts, but we will rather consider only the " divisions related to semantics, the traditional concept of "images of words" and "images of ideas", which are classified into the so called the "images of topics, and" images of argument "a demonstration of the new rhetoric and its semiotic division, according to which Gerard Deledalle made a comparison between Pierce and the rhetoric representatives and which makes us consider that: the image in rhetoric, whether the traditional or the new contemporary one, is the image of a particular meaning either in reality or figuratively (through metaphor or the icon and the iconic metaphors) Our present article will try to study the issue, according to the evolution of the concept of metaphor in contemporary studies