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- Title
Punctuating minds: Non-verbal cues for consciousness representation in literary narrative.
- Authors
Caracciolo, Marco
- Abstract
This article explores the role of punctuation and typography in readers' engagement with literary narrative, and with fictional characters in particular. I argue that unconventional typography and punctuation marks can be used to convey the phenomenological ``feel'' of characters' (and narrators') experiences, thereby becoming a vehicle for consciousness representation in narrative. Aiming to contribute to the discussion on readers' responses to characters within cognitive narratology, I hypothesize that such responses can be guided by non-verbal cues as well as by the verbal strategies traditionally examined by narrative theorists. I explore two different dimensions of the nexus between punctuation, typography, and consciousness representation: firstly, because of their ``separating'' function graphic markers can render the temporal structuring of consciousness itself; secondly, unconventional graphic cues can exploit the ``evaluative'' function of punctuation and typography in order to convey altered states of consciousness such as dream experience, extreme emotions, and cognitive disorientation.
- Subjects
NONVERBAL cues; TYPOGRAPHIC design; ENGLISH language punctuation; CASE studies; NARRATIVE discourse analysis; CONSCIOUSNESS
- Publication
Journal of Literary Semantics, 2014, Vol 43, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
0341-7638
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/jls-2014-0003