INTP 091. Capstone: Corporality in Storytelling

LING 091
We will examine silent narrative in films, in stage plays, in mime, in stand-up comedy, in sign language visual vernacular, and in dance. We will have three foci: the narrator’s entire body as it takes on roles in the story - so complete embodiment of characters; the narrator’s limbs as articulators of communication; and the narrator’s facial gestures as articulators of communication. We will be examining the limitations of each of these foci on conveying factual (that is, truth-conditional) information versus affective information.
Open to INTP seniors and juniors, and other juniors and seniors by approval of instructors.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Eligible for INTP, LING
Spring 2026. Stevens, Napoli.
Catalog chapter: Interpretation Theory
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/interpretation-theory

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