FUNCTIONS OF NON-VERBAL MESSAGES IN MIHAIL SEBASTIANʼS AND MARGUERITE DURASʼ S WORKS

👤Author

Name: Raluca Mihaela Levonian

📄Article

Citation Recommendation: LEVONIAN, Raluca-Mihaela. ‟Functions of non-verbal messages in Mihail Sebastianʼs and Marguerite Durasʼs works”. Synthesis, no. XXXVI, 2010, pp. 55-63.
Title: FUNCTIONS OF NON-VERBAL MESSAGES IN MIHAIL SEBASTIANʼS AND MARGUERITE DURASʼ S WORKS
Pages: 55-63
Language: English
URL: https://synthesis.ro/pdf/2009/XXXVI/8_R_M_Levonian.pdf

Excerpt:

The importance of body language as a carrier of meaning during communicative exchanges has been proved by the development of the science of interpersonal communication. Non-verbal messages play a major role for the interpretation of the verbal discourse, which they can emphasize, complete or contradict. Our study is based on the assumption that non-verbal messages occuring in literary texts are even more important than the ones which occur during real-life conversations. Non-verbal communication in literature – and especially in dramatic writings – is never accidental or redundant (as may happen in real life), but always provides information for the spectator or reader.

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