A contrastive study of English and translated Chinese metaphors used in cancer characterization and cancer experience from The Emperor of all Maladies: a biography of cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

• Main Author: Liu, Abielle Shao Hua
• Other Authors: Lin Tzer Liang, Benedict Christopher
• Format: Thesis-Master by Coursework
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Cross-cultural variation; Metaphor; Oncology; Cancer
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178376
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Emperor of all Maladies: A Biography of Cancer is a book that offers not only a clinical perspective but also an intimate and elegant introspection of cancer, a disease which has multifaceted impact on politics, society, and the economy. In this book, metaphors are skillfully employed to depict...