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WEJ for Translation & Literary Studies, Volume3, Number3. August 2019 Pp.51-67
This study aims to discuss the meaning of the ‘silence’ notion pragmatically and literary; in novel and poetry. As far as pragmatics is concerned, it means an important means of communication within a context, and it is a culture dependent. As for silence in literature, it offers the example in which silence is not only present and comprehended but also a substantial part of communication that encapsulate a sender and a receiver. In novels, it is considered as a new humanistic tactic through which a writer would force the reader to feel words rather than reading them plus more intensity and strength. Novelists tend to use silence in writing their novels as it is an integral part of voices and a revelation of so many hidden things, but it mistakenly might be understood as a refusal for communication. Finally, the notion of ‘silence’ in poetry offers the readers many examples where the poet invites the readers to hear “silence.” In some cases, it is even personified and is given a physical being.
Amer, E. S., Andhra A. Naser, A. A. , & Abdulmajeed, R. K. (2019). Silence as a Tactic of Communication in Pragmatics, Novel, and Poetry. Arab World English Journal for Translation & Literary Studies, 3 (3) 51-67.
Enas Subhi Amer B.A. Graduate of Baghdad University / College of Arts / Department of
English 1994 – 1998, then graduate of MA. degree in Baghdad University / College of Education
Women from 2007 – 2008. Specialized in English literature/Modern Novel. The Title of her
M.A. thesis is “The Concept of Evil In John Ronald Revel Tolkien’s Lord of The Rings”.
Published more than fifteen researches and two books. Interested in Post colonialism, the issue
of identity and theme of Nature and Environment. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1806-1197
Dr. Adhraa A. Naser, Head of the department of English, College of Education for Women,
Lecture of 20th century poetry, Graduate of Plymouth University/ UK 2016. Has other published
research papers and participated in several conference in London, Newcastle, Baghdad, Istanbul
and Erbil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6169-8172
Prof. Dr. Rufaidah Kamal Abdulmajeed, B.A. in English Language: College of
Arts/University of Baghdad, 1978. M.A. in English Linguistics/College of Education for
Women/University of Baghdad. 2005. Ph. D. in English Language and Linguistics: University of
Babylon/College of Education for Human Sciences/English Department. 2016
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