Body Language in Literature

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University of Toronto Press, 1 ian. 1997 - 329 pagini

The tilt of a head, the quirk of an eyebrow, or a shift in position can eloquently portray a wide range of emotions without a single word being spoken. Body language is a critical component of everyday communication, yet the importance of body language, or non-verbal communication, in such a verbal medium as literature has not been fully studied.

In Body Language in Literature, Barbara Korte has produced an important interdisciplinary study, by establishing a general theory that accounts for the varieties of body language encountered in literary narrative, based on a general history of the phenomenon in the English language. By focusing major works of literature, including stories by D.H. Laurence, Margaret Atwood, and J.D. Salinger, Korte shows body language to be a vital, yet unexplored method of communication in literature.

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Cuprins

Rationale and Purpose
3
A Critical Framework for the Analysis of Body
23
Body Language in the Narrative Text A LiteraryCritical
83
Body Language and the Aesthetic of the Novel
177
Literary Body Language in Context
211
Conclusion
241
NOTES
247
REFERENCES
269
INDEX
325
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Despre autor (1997)

Barbara Korte is Professor of English Literature at the University of Tubingen, Germany.

Informații bibliografice

TitluBody Language in Literature
Body Language in Literature
Theory / Culture Series
Theory/culture series
AutorBarbara Korte
Edițieilustrată
EditorUniversity of Toronto Press, 1997
ISBN0802076564, 9780802076564
Lungime329 pagini
  
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