The Overt and Covert Notions in Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina (1993)
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https://doi.org/10.31185/wjfh.Vol21.Iss4.1149Keywords:
Dorothy Allison, body language, Freud, verbal language, non-verbal language, consciousnessAbstract
With reference to Dorothy Allison's Bastard from Carolina, the research aims to uncover the true emotions revealed through body language. Body language is crucial to the novel because Allison focuses on it in her narration. Most individuals cannot speak truth because fear permeates their conversation.
The research's foundation is the psychoanalysis theory of Freud. This scientific discipline primarily focuses on facial expressions, head and arm motions, ocular gestures, and mouth expressions. In deception, physiological responses can disclose the truth. In the novel, Bone and her mother, Anney, suffer under the control of a tyrannical individual. They hide their emotions deep inside their psyches, creating a contradiction in their behaviour. Unconsciously, their nonverbal language stands in contrast with their fake situation. Stress shows in their communications. They start with artificial grins, lies, and deception. When things get worse, their nonverbal language matches their words. Bone intuitively discovers her stepfather's hidden force.
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