Literal and Figurative language in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll

Correspondingly the main objectives of the work are:
To define the literal and figurative use of language,
To find out the main characteristic features of literal and respectively figurative language,
To define the figure of speech,
To analyze and describe the main kinds of figure of speech,
To analyze examples of figurative and literal use of language in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll and their Romanian translation.

Introduction……………………………………………….……2
II. Chapter I: Literal and Figurative Language as Complex concepts.
1.1 Definitions by Different Scholars……………………..….….4
1.2 Literal Language: the Notion of Literal Meaning……………8
1.3 The Characteristic Features of the Figurative Language…………………………………………………………..…..11
1.4 Different Scholars’ Definition of Figure of Speech…………13
1.5 Kinds of Figurative Language…………………………..…...16
III. Chapter II: Literal and Figurative Language in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll.
2.1 “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”- the Most Famous and Enduring Children's Classics…………………………………….……29
2.2 Figurative Language in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”….
2.3 Literal Language versus Figurative Language Used in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and their Romanian Translation……………………………………………………………47
IV. Conclusion……………………………………………………….53
V. Bibliography………………………………………………………55
VI. Appendix………………………………………………………….58