White In. White Out. The Noticeability of Text. Conspicuous Text

The term ‘whiteout' is usually understood as a weather condition in polar or mountain regions affecting visibility through diffuse lighting. In this case, however, the idea of ‘whiteout' is not merely taken as a motif, but as a way to describe disruptive effects in literary texts. The term...

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Published in:Nordlit
Main Author: Frost, Sabine
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2008
Subjects:
Snow
Whiteout
narrative texts
Arctic
Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/1180
https://doi.org/10.7557/13.1180
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spelling ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/1180 2023-05-15T14:21:39+02:00 White In. White Out. The Noticeability of Text. Conspicuous Text Frost, Sabine 2008-02-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/1180 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.1180 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/1180/4924 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/1180 doi:10.7557/13.1180 Copyright (c) 2008 Sabine Frost http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Nordlit; No 23 (2008): Arctic Discourses; 89-101 Nordlit; Nr 23 (2008): Arctic Discourses; 89-101 1503-2086 0809-1668 Snow Whiteout narrative texts info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article Fagfellevurdert artikkel 2008 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/13.1180 2021-08-16T15:26:29Z The term ‘whiteout' is usually understood as a weather condition in polar or mountain regions affecting visibility through diffuse lighting. In this case, however, the idea of ‘whiteout' is not merely taken as a motif, but as a way to describe disruptive effects in literary texts. The term ‘whiteout' is used here to point out how ‘snow'-in the broadest sense-pervades the structure and language of narrative texts from the 19th to the 21st century. Thetexts in question deal with snowstorms and snow drifts; they send their protagonists on polar explorations and mountain expeditions; heros get lost in snow or suffer from extreme frost. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Nordlit 12 1 89
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Whiteout
narrative texts
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description The term ‘whiteout' is usually understood as a weather condition in polar or mountain regions affecting visibility through diffuse lighting. In this case, however, the idea of ‘whiteout' is not merely taken as a motif, but as a way to describe disruptive effects in literary texts. The term ‘whiteout' is used here to point out how ‘snow'-in the broadest sense-pervades the structure and language of narrative texts from the 19th to the 21st century. Thetexts in question deal with snowstorms and snow drifts; they send their protagonists on polar explorations and mountain expeditions; heros get lost in snow or suffer from extreme frost.
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