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• 5 Industry Trends Requiring Every Writer’s Attention
• 1. Publishing Contracts
• 2. The Evolving Role of Agents
• 3. The Value and Distraction of Author Platform Building
• 4. Transmedia & Authorship
• 5. Emerging Tools for DIY E-Books and Multimedia Publications

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• As a script doctor, Whedon worked as an uncredited writer on films like The Getaway (1994), Speed (1994), Waterworld (1995), Twister (1996), X-Men (2000) and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).^[13]
• Whedon said he wanted to subvert the idea and create someone who was a hero.^[21]
• This conception came from "the very first mission statement of the show, which was the joy of female power: having it, using it, sharing it".^[22]
• Whedon signified Buffy as "my voice, my avatar, my girl".^[10]

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• Kinesics in Arthur Conan Doyle
• Authors:

  Sangeetha, K.¹ k_sangeeth@yahoo.com

  Source:

  Language in India. Nov2011, Vol. 11 Issue 11, p694-697. 4p.

  Document Type:

  Article

  Subject Terms:

  *BODY language
  *NONVERBAL communication
  *EYE contact

  Reviews & Products:

  ADVENTURE of the Blue Carbuncle, The (Book)

  People:

  DOYLE, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930

  Abstract:

  The article discusses Arthur Conan Doyle's use of body language in his Sherlock Holmes stories. It states that Doyle uses body language as against the verbal language to prove how to identify the truth when words seem deceptive. It also mentions Doyle's book "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle," wherein eye contact was used to identify the criminal's real identity.

  Author Affiliations:

  ¹Assistant Professor of English, Department of English, Sri Sarada College for women, Salem -- 16, Tamilnadu, India

  Full Text Word Count:

  888

  ISSN:

  1930-2940

  Accession Number:

  70443298

• An Indian Definition of Body Language

  Body language, also called 'Kinesics', is an outward reflection of a person's emotional condition. The Panchatantra defines body language thus:

  From feature, gesture, gait, From twitch, or word, From change in eye or face Is thought inferred. (25).

  Doyle's Use of Body Language

  Arthur Conan Doyle, in his Sherlock Holmes stories, makes dexterous use of body language. Sustained interest, an essential quality in detective fiction, is made possible through non-verbal communication. The reader finds that one has to be careful in this cerebral quest, not to miss anything. The thrust is not only in the words and their associated tone but also in the non-verbal elements attached to the rendering. In fact, many a time, Doyle emphasizes that it is body language that guides Holmes, the protagonist, towards truth, while words belie.

• Some Instances of the Use of Body Language

  There are other instances involving body language in the works of Arthur Canon Doyle. In The Adventure of the Three Gables, Holmes finds that Susan, a servant, acts as a spy for a criminal. He asks details about the criminal and corrects himself on studying Susan's body language. "So, a rich man? No, you smiled; a rich woman" (Doyle Vol.3: 565). In The Adventure of the Yellow Face, a client tells Holmes about the strange behaviour of his wife:

• Body Language versus Verbal Language

  Doyle makes use of body language as against the verbal language to prove how the former can help in identifying the truth when words seem deceptive. In The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, Doyle makes use of eye contact to identify the criminal's real identity.

• Body Language, Symbol and Metaphor

  Researchers on gestures have identified the steeple of fingers as follows: "We have found that the steeple was frequently used in superior subordinate interaction and that it indicates a confident or self-assured attitude" (Allan 133). The steeple is one of Holmes's favourite poses and it reveals his nature also. In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Dr. Mortimer tells the details of Sir Charles's death and Holmes "leaned back, put his finger-tips together and assumed his most impassive and judicial expression" (Doyle Vol. 3: 20).

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• K is for kinesics, which in the study of linguistics means the analysis of how body movements can communicate meaning.  As a writer this is something that we must learn how to use as well as we use dialogue to communicate characterization, mood and tone.

• Kinesic analysis examines what is communicated through body movement. This approach is based on the assumption that all human beings, although they may be unaware of it, act and react to situations nonverbally as well as verbally. Kinesics can be especially useful when employed in conjunction with other qualitative methods such as interviews and narratives to triangulate data. Kinesics must be used thoughtfully and carefully, as movements and gestures can be easily misinterpreted and presenting findings without giving context renders the data useless (Marshall & Rossman, 1995).

• In composition, the placing of verbal elements side by side, leaving it up to the reader to establish connections and impose a meaning.
• These verbal elements (words, clauses, sentences) may be drawn from different sources and juxtaposed to form a literary collage.

• Juxtaposition

   

   

   

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    Juxtaposition is a literary device wherein the author places a person, concept, place, idea or theme parallel to another. The purpose of juxtaposing two directly or indirectly related entities close together in literature is to highlight the contrast between the two and compare them. This literary device is usually used for etching out a character in detail, creating suspense or lending a rhetorical effect. 

   

   

   

   

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  In Paradise Lost, Milton has used juxtaposition to draw a parallel between the two protagonists, Satan and God, who he discusses by placing their traits in comparison with one another to highlight their differences.

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