NEW ORALITY AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE: LITERARY CHARACTER IN THE BARDO.

The article focuses on the impact of secondary orality and digital communication on the development of literary characters in contemporary novels. It examines how these changes lead to characters being portrayed more as symbolic representations of communal experiences rather than individualized, com...

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Published in:	ETC: A Review of General Semantics Vol. 81; no. 3; pp. 291 - 297
Main Author:	CHATZI, ELENI
Format:	Article
Published:	Institute of General Semantics, Inc. Jul2024
Subjects:	Oral communication Digital communications Social media Telecommunication Storytelling
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article focuses on the impact of secondary orality and digital communication on the development of literary characters in contemporary novels. It examines how these changes lead to characters being portrayed more as symbolic representations of communal experiences rather than individualized, complex figures, reflecting the influence of new forms of storytelling such as social media and electronic communication.