VERBAL TO VISUAL PRACTICES: AN INTERSEMIOTICS ANALYSIS OF AUSTEN’S NOVEL AND MOVIE PERSUASION

Abstract

The present study examines Austen’s “Persuasion”; a film adaptation by Carrie Cracknell and its Intersemiotics relation of verbal as well as visual narrative. The study explores how Anne Elliot is persuaded by family due to societal norms, the consequences of being persuaded and how it is reinterpreted through visual and verbal means. The study investigates the interaction between the character development and socioeconomic structures, and impact of audience engagement by utilizing dialectical materialism by Karl Marx and Critical Discourse Analysis. Techniques like body language, close-ups and visual metaphors used to transform the complex text of Austen into an intense depiction of internal conflicts and emotional issues of Anne. The psychological struggles because of her family and societal norms are highlight in narrative and soundtrack of the movie. The research also demonstrates that how the perception and emotional attachment of audience to the characters like Anne through adaptation by the comparing visual expression of movie with the novel. The research also analyzes how the conflict between societal responsibility and an individual desire is highlighted in movie that are two major themes in writing of Austen by use of visual metaphors as well as auditory signals. This study fills significant gap by providing a comprehensive Intersemiotics and detailed analysis of the socioeconomic circumstances, audience engagement and the behavior of character in the novel and its film adaptation.