Narrative silence
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The paper analyses three works having employed a similar narrative strategy which triggers tension between the explicable and inexplicable and an interpretative crisis that allows a fantastic reading of the fictional text. This strategy... more
My essay interrogates the striking silences in Scott's oeuvre in relation to Scotland's involvement as a partner of the British Empire in the colonization of the Caribbean and in the exploitation of slavery in this region. By drawing from... more
The novel presents a variety of writings of silence; but we limit ourselves, in the context of the present work, to the most relevant aspects, namely interruptions in narratives, narrative ellipses and point of suspension as the... more
Categorized research-works of Debaprasad-2
The author is introducing the concept of "Silenceme" within the ambit of Silence Studies (within Linguistics) taking cue from global philosophy, art and music.
The author is introducing the concept of "Silenceme" within the ambit of Silence Studies (within Linguistics) taking cue from global philosophy, art and music.
In the quest to normalize disabled people the particular ways that disabled peoples’ being-ness has been shaped and formed is often overlooked. Unthinking disability, relegating it to an afterthought, has meant that listening for... more
edited volume on the subject of silence and silencing, co-edited by Mahshid Mayar & Marion Schulte (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
edited volume on the subject of silence and silencing, co-edited by Mahshid Mayar & Marion Schulte, under contract with Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming)
Jane Austen. Silenzi, lacune, allusioni è una raccolta di undici saggi, in italiano e in inglese, che comprende gli atti dell’omonimo convegno svoltosi presso l’Università degli Studi del Molise nel novembre 2017, a cui si intersecano... more
Mme de Maintenon’s letters often refer to religious silence. Heart of a christian woman’s life, silence is indeed a way to achieve salvation. Practising silence, both in speaking and writing, allows one to master and reduce one’s pride.... more
This paper introduces the concept of narrated silence among rape survivors from the Bosnian war to argue how supposedly unique survivors’ responses have in fact empowered the understanding of sexuality and existing sexual scripts. By... more