This essay provides a close reading of a group photograph included in Sri Lankan Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje’s fictional biography Running in the Family. The method for reading this portrait is taken from multimodal theory and applies the framework for reading images illustrated by Kress and van Leeuwen. Results of this analysis show the central role of this family photograph for articulating the social and political position of the Burghers in pre and post independence Sri Lanka
Turci Monica (2019). Multimodal crossings: An analysis of a family portrait in Michael Ondaatje's Running in the Family. Salamanca : Ediciones Universidad Salamanca.
Multimodal crossings: An analysis of a family portrait in Michael Ondaatje's Running in the Family
Turci Monica
2019
Abstract
This essay provides a close reading of a group photograph included in Sri Lankan Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje’s fictional biography Running in the Family. The method for reading this portrait is taken from multimodal theory and applies the framework for reading images illustrated by Kress and van Leeuwen. Results of this analysis show the central role of this family photograph for articulating the social and political position of the Burghers in pre and post independence Sri LankaI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
