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All Journals VTU Review: Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (2022) Vol 6 Issue 1 Article 9

Varia: Illustrating Death in Caitlin Doughty’s Creative Nonfiction: πΉπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š π»π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘‘π‘œ πΈπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›π‘–π‘‘π‘¦ and π‘Šπ‘–π‘™π‘™ 𝑀𝑦 πΆπ‘Žπ‘‘ πΈπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑀𝑦 πΈπ‘¦π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘ ?


Authors:
Cristina-Mihaela Botilca University of Bucharest

Pages: 64-76
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/XLQS2999

Abstract:

The purpose of illustrations is to enhance the reading experience, improve the text, and add another layer of representation. In death-acceptance literature, such as Caitlin Doughty’s creative nonfiction books πΉπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š π»π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘‘π‘œ πΈπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›π‘–π‘‘π‘¦ and π‘Šπ‘–π‘™π‘™ 𝑀𝑦 πΆπ‘Žπ‘‘ πΈπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑀𝑦 πΈπ‘¦π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘ ?, illustrations portray the highly sensitive topic of death. Landis Blair and DiannΓ© Ruz, the illustrators whose works complete the two books, create a multimodal text with the help of literal and conceptual illustrations. This article aims at analysing the use and structure of these illustrations in the context of multimodality and death acceptance. In addition, the paper also contains two interviews that are meant to offer the perspective of the two illustrators on their own work and on illustrating death in nonfiction.

Keywords:

literal illustration, conceptual illustration, multimodality, death acceptance, creative nonfiction.

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Varia: Illustrating Death in Caitlin Doughty’s Creative Nonfiction: πΉπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š π»π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘‘π‘œ πΈπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›π‘–π‘‘π‘¦ and π‘Šπ‘–π‘™π‘™ 𝑀𝑦 πΆπ‘Žπ‘‘ πΈπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑀𝑦 πΈπ‘¦π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘ ?

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