Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface xiii
4. Introduction xv
5. Nonverbal communication in the text 1
6. The semiotic-communicative itinerary of the character between writer and reader or spectator 35
7. Sound and silence in the text 65
8. Kinesics and the other visual systems in the novel and the theater 103
9. Punctuation as nonverbal communication 125
10. Functions of nonverbal communication in literature 153
11. Literary anthropology 183
12. Notes 241
13. List of illustrations 249
14. Scientific references 251
15. Literary references 261
16. Index of literary authors and works quoted 273
17. Name index 279
18. Subject index 283