Sample 2.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 451.

He didn't know that Mauve was undergoing the metamorphosis of the creative artist. He began a canvas lethargically, working almost without interest. Slowly his energy would pick up as ideas began to creep into his mind and become formulated. He would work a little longer, a little harder each day. As object appears clearly on the canvas, his demands upon himself became more exiting. His mind would flee from his family, from his friends and other interests. His appetite would desert him and he would lie awake nights thinking of things to be done. As his strength went down his excitement went up. Soon he would be living on nervous energy. His body would shrink on its ample frame and the sentimental eyes become lost in a hazy mist. The more he became fatigued, the more desperately he worked. The nervous passion which possessed him would rise higher and higher. In his mind he knew how long it would take him to finish; he set his will to last until that very day. He was like a man ridden by thousand demons; he had years in which to complete the canvas, but something forced him to lacerate himself every hour of the twenty-four.
(From “Lust for Life” by I Stone)

The excerpt from “Lust for Life” by I Stone is a masterly portrayal of the emotional state of the painter while he goes through the stages of creation. The artist is represented trough his attitude toward painting. At the very beginning of the creation process he is a little bit indifferent towards his work (lethargically, without interest), then slowly he became inspired and even possess by creation. The inner tension of the artist is represented verbally by means of metaphor (lost in a hazy mist)

The simile "he was like a man ridden by thousand demons" reveals the demonical nature of creation. The idea of the destructive impact of painting upon the artist is manifested verbally by the metaphor "but something forced him to lacerate himself". The image of creativity as an uncontrollable phenomenon is strengthened by the metaphor "the nervous passion which possessed him".

У наведеному уривку зображені етапи, які проходить художник під час написання картин. Концептуальною схемою, що слугує підґрунтям метафоричного осмислення концепту творчість / creation, представленого тут мовними одиницями canvas (полотно) та work (працювати), є схема creation
is demon (творчість є диявол). Шалена істота ('violent creature'), страхіття ('monster'), шкідливість ('badness'), диявол ('devil'), міфічна істота ('mythical creature'), з якими асоціюється демон (demon) в англійській мові [363, с. 779], характеризують творчість як несамовиту міфічну істоту, яка опановує митцем, негативно впливаючи на нього. Образ творчості як неконтрольованого явища підсилюється й словесною поетичною метафорою the nervous passion which possessed him (нервове напруження, що оволоділо ним).

( artist is The inner tension of the artist is represented verbally by means of metaphor (lost in a hazy mist), simile (like a man ridden by a thousand demons).

has a dynamic and dramatic slant that creates an intense atmosphere of the metamorphosis a painter undergoes. Moreover, this effect is achieved through various expressive means and stylistic devises. Thus, by means gradation (he began a canvas lethargically; his energy would pick up; he would work a little longer, a little harder)