Nonverbal Means of Communication in Modern Literature: J. M. Coetzee’s Novel "The Master of Petersburg"
Keywords:
Coetzee, geste, kinema, Master of Petersburg, nonverbal communication
Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of gestures as semiotic units of communication that perform certain functions, obeying certain laws. The task was to determine the main ways of encoding and decoding nonverbal behavior in a literary text. The study was conducted on the material of the prose of J. M. Coetzee, the famous writer and Nobel Laureate. The subject of the study is the verbal representation of the characters’ nonverbal behavior in his novel “The Master of Petersburg”. The aim of our study is to identify and analyze gestures in J. M. Coetzee’s work that act as markers of the characters’ emotional state, correlate with their psychological portraits, convey their feelings, experiences, and reveal their personal qualities.
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Kendon A. (2004). Gesture: Visible Action as Utterance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Kreidlin, G. E. (2002). Nonverbal Semiotics. Moscow. Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie.
Lotman, Yu. M. (1975). A Decembrist in Everyday life: Everyday Behavior as a Historical and Psychological Category. In: Literary Heritage of the Decembrists. Leningrad: Nauka.
Marmot, R. A. (1986). La communication non-verbale chez Maupassant. Nizet.
Nechaev, S. The Catechism of a Revolutionary. 1869. Violette Nozieres Press 1989.
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Published
2019-10-11
How to Cite
Harmash, L., Khalanska, N., Melnyk, S., Razumenko, I., & Tyshchenko, T. (2019). Nonverbal Means of Communication in Modern Literature: J. M. Coetzee’s Novel "The Master of Petersburg". Amazonia Investiga, 8(23), 252-258. Retrieved from https://www.amazoniainvestiga.info/index.php/amazonia/article/view/852
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