The Meaning of “Absence” The Absence of Characters in Novels and Movies

DOI

10.2991/icassee-18.2018.24How to use a DOI?

Keywords

absence; presence; symbol; meaning

Abstract

In the history of literature and film, there are many cases of "absence" of characters. Although the characters are not present in the narrative process, this doesn’t indicate the lack of the meanings of the absent characters. In the process of reading and watching, the receiver can still perceive the bearing of the symbolized invisible characters through the information expressed in the text.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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PB  - Atlantis Press
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