Contrastive literature: a study of multiliteralism in historical English and JapaneseTools Runner, Jacob Wayne (2020) Contrastive literature: a study of multiliteralism in historical English and Japanese. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
AbstractThis thesis is conceptually positioned at the intersection of Comparative Literature Studies, Semiotics, and Narratology. It examines the emblematic values of script choice in narrative writing that simultaneously employs multiple sets of discursive linguistic symbols. As specific case studies, the thesis contrasts text corpora from the radically distinct transhistorical contexts of Old English narrative poetry transcribed in the Latin alphabet and runic characters, and of Modern Japanese fiction which makes concurrent use of four scripts. It argues that in writing situations which exhibit this kind of heightened multiliteral awareness, the graphic choice of script in and of itself can operate as an auxiliary semiotic vehicle for associative meaning creation and emotive expression.
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