CEFContemporary Education Frontiers3029-18793029-1860WHIOCE PUBLISHING PTE. LTD.10.18063/CEF.v3i9.1069ArticleA Practical Study of AI-Empowered Interactive Metaphor Teaching in Middlemarchhttps://artdesignp.com/journal/CEF/3/9/10.18063/CEF.v3i9.1069HanJiemin2025392025-10-26Against the backdrop of digital humanities integration into literary education, metaphor teaching of Middlemarch has long been plagued by pedagogical dilemmas, including fragmented metaphorical system perception, cultural contextual disconnection, and inadequate exploration of Humanistic implications. To address these issues, an AI-empowered interactive metaphor teaching approach grounded in Lakoff’s Conceptual Metaphor Theory is proposed. This approach provides a scientific methodological framework for literary metaphor instruction, reconciles technological rationality with humanistic values, and facilitates the integration of digital humanities in literature curricula.AI-empowered, Interactive metaphor teaching, Middlemarch, Digital humanities

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