LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 16:2 February 2016
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
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         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
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Non-Verbal Communication in the Fiction of John Fowles

Dr. S. R. Chaitra., M.A., Ph.D.


Courtesy: http://zwierciadlo.pl/kultura/ksiazka/john-fowles-%E2%80%93-przekorny-mag

John Robert Fowles (1926-2005) [JF], one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, has presented in his fiction several non-verbal features together with the verbal discourse, thus developing the strategies to develop the character in the novel. The paper presents the non-verbal features that give aid in their own way to communicate the feelings of the characters through better expressions, in the selected fiction of John Fowles which are The Magus [TM], The French Lieutenant’s Woman [TFLW], The Ebony Tower [TET], and Daniel Martin [DM]. The communication of the verbal discourse along with the company of the non-verbal features result in effective communication to the readers and the effective interaction among the characters. The non-verbal features include the body language that is expressed in the form of gestures and touch. Talking about gestures M. S. Thirumalai claims, “Gesture is symbolic action by which a thought, a feeling or intention is voluntarily expressed in a conventionalized form.” Therefore the body parts play a major role in effective communication. Having an intense study of the story’s progression by means of gestures and touch, it is noted that the author presents some common gestures for the readers to speculate and some of the unique gestures where he explains the reason for that particular action. In the study of non-verbal communication in the selected fictions of JF, it is observed that the author has finely blended the verbal discourse along with gestures which reveal many emotions with the verbal representation. The gestures as revealed by body organs and facial expressions lead to the sentimental recognition of feelings between the characters, this in turn supports the story’s progression and the characters act according to their feelings such as accusation, anger, love, friendliness, affection etcetera. This paper concentrates on all the non-verbal features expressed in the form of mere gestures and gestures accompanied by tactile behaviour brought by the interlocutors.

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Dr. S. R. Chaitra., M.A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in English
Maharaja’s College
University of Mysore
Mysuru
Karnataka
India
chaitrasr@gmail.com
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