Dr. Muayyad Omran Chiad,
University of Kerbala, Iraq
Messages in the dramatic texts can be conveyed verbally through speech and writing, but they cannot be conceived fully without taking an account of their possible non-verbal communication. This study sheds light on non-verbal language forms by which characters express their thoughts, ideas, and emotions in the conversational events in three plays: Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot”, Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker" and Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead". It focuses on the nonverbal forms, in particular setting, physical appearance, symbolism and sound as modes of communication in the interpretation of these dramatic texts. The study confirms the idea these non-verbal forms are important for the understanding of the text, characters' behavior and the interaction between them.
The above abstract is a part of the article which was accepted at The Second International Conference on Current Issues of Languages, Dialects and Linguistics (WWW.LLLD.IR), 1-2 February 2018, Iran-Ahwaz.