"The Poetics of White and Black in Contemporary Short Fiction: A Semiotic Approach to the Collection She and the Sea"

Abstract

This study examines the aesthetic and semantic dimensions of the textual void in She and the Sea, viewing it as an active agent in meaning construction. Using a semiotic framework enriched by an interpretive approach, it analyzes visual and linguistic signs and their influence on narrative rhythm and structure. It asks: How do silence and white space shape meaning? What roles do textual interruptions and punctuation marks play? To what extent can the void function as a parallel interpretive space to the written text?