Der Lebensweg: Historische Semantiken einer diagrammatischen Metapher
摘要
This article outlines the diagrammatic structure of the life path metaphor from antiquity to the early modern period. While the period-specific characterization of the metaphor depends on the worldview and the rules of discourse that it entails, these rules are used, criticized and undermined by literary strategies. This historical process opens up infinite variations in the recounting of a life story as a path of life.