Jurnal Komunikata

Ekphrasis Reimagined: The Role of Visual Imagery in Modernist Poetry

Nurhaliza — 2025-08-19

Ekphrasis Reimagined: The Role of Visual Imagery in Modernist Poetry explores how modernist poets revitalized the classical tradition of ekphrasis by merging verbal and visual arts in innovative ways. Moving beyond mere description of artworks, modernist ekphrasis reflects a dynamic interaction between text and image, often questioning the reliability of perception and representation. This study examines the works of poets such as W\.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, and Marianne Moore, analyzing how visual imagery becomes a site of fragmentation, symbolism, and abstraction. By reimagining ekphrasis, modernist poetry reshapes the reader’s aesthetic experience, blurring the boundaries between word and image, art and reality.

Ekphrastic Dialogues: The Power of Art-Inspired Literary Works

Anggraini — 2025-08-19

Ekphrastic Dialogues: The Power of Art-Inspired Literary Works explores the dynamic interplay between visual art and literature, emphasizing how artworks serve as catalysts for poetic and narrative expression. This study examines ekphrasis as a literary device that not only describes art but also engages in a creative dialogue with it, revealing deeper emotional, philosophical, and cultural dimensions. By analyzing various ekphrastic texts across time and genres, the research highlights how art-inspired writing fosters interpretive richness, bridges sensory experiences, and amplifies the impact of both visual and verbal forms of storytelling.

Illustrated Narratives: The Fusion of Art and Storytelling in Graphic Novels

Bagastian — 2025-08-19

Illustrated Narratives: The Fusion of Art and Storytelling in Graphic Novels explores the unique interplay between visual art and literary narrative within the medium of graphic novels. This study examines how imagery and text coalesce to create immersive storytelling experiences, enabling complex emotional, cultural, and thematic expressions that transcend traditional literary boundaries. By analyzing key works and artistic techniques, the paper highlights how graphic novels serve as a powerful vehicle for personal, political, and social commentary. The fusion of illustration and narrative not only redefines reader engagement but also positions graphic novels as a significant form of contemporary literature and visual culture.

Digital Aesthetics: Literature’s Response to Contemporary Art Forms

Rahmawati — 2025-08-19

This study explores Digital Aesthetics: Literature’s Response to Contemporary Art Forms, examining how digital media and contemporary art practices have reshaped literary expression in the 21st century. As visual culture, multimedia, and digital interactivity increasingly influence artistic creation, literature responds by adopting hybrid forms, nonlinear narratives, and multimodal texts. The research analyzes how authors engage with digital aesthetics through themes, formats, and experimental structures, bridging traditional literary boundaries with visual and technological innovation. This intersection highlights literature’s adaptive capacity and its evolving role in a digitally saturated cultural landscape.

Abstract Expressionism and the Fragmented Narrative in Post-War Literature

Aldian — 2025-08-19

This study explores the interplay between Abstract Expressionism and fragmented narrative structures in post-war literature, highlighting how both forms reflect the dislocation, trauma, and existential anxiety of the mid-20th century. Abstract Expressionism, with its emphasis on spontaneity, subjectivity, and emotional intensity, parallels the literary shift away from linear storytelling toward fragmented, non-traditional narratives. Writers such as Samuel Beckett, Thomas Pynchon, and Jean-Paul Sartre adopted disrupted timelines, unreliable narrators, and existential themes that mirrored the abstract artists' rejection of form and coherence. Together, these artistic movements represent a shared cultural response to the chaos of war and the search for meaning in a destabilized world.

The Color Palette of Words: Synesthesia in Literary Art Descriptions

Pratiwi — 2025-08-19

The Color Palette of Words: Synesthesia in Literary Art Descriptions explores the phenomenon of synesthesia—specifically the blending of sensory experiences—in the realm of literary art criticism and description. This study highlights how writers employ cross-sensory metaphors, such as attributing colors to emotions or sounds, to evoke vivid imagery and deepen readers’ aesthetic engagement. By analyzing selected texts from modern and classical literature, the paper reveals how synesthetic language enhances the perception of visual art in literature, transforming the act of viewing into a multi-sensory experience. This abstract illuminates the role of synesthetic expression as both a stylistic device and a bridge between the visual and verbal imagination.

Picturing Words: The Artistic Language of the Pre-Raphaelites

Fahlevi — 2025-08-19

Picturing Words: The Artistic Language of the Pre-Raphaelites explores the intricate relationship between visual art and poetic expression within the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. This study examines how the Pre-Raphaelites blurred the boundaries between painting and literature by infusing their artworks with symbolic language, narrative depth, and emotional intensity drawn from medievalism, nature, and Romanticism. By analyzing key works of artists like Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, and John Everett Millais, the paper highlights how their use of visual storytelling and poetic symbolism created a unique artistic language that challenged Victorian conventions and redefined the interplay between word and image.

Visualizing the Invisible: Art, Spirituality, and Symbolism in Literature

Arief — 2025-08-19

This study explores how literature serves as a medium to visualize the unseen dimensions of human experience—particularly spirituality and inner consciousness—through the use of symbolic imagery and artistic expression. Drawing on a range of texts across historical and cultural contexts, the paper examines how authors employ metaphor, visual motifs, and allegory to express intangible truths and spiritual realities. By analyzing key literary works, this research highlights the intersection between art and spirituality, revealing how symbolic language transcends the material to evoke the mystical, the sacred, and the ineffable aspects of existence.

Aestheticism and the Written Canvas: Oscar Wilde’s Artistic Philosophy in Literature

Maulana — 2025-08-19

This paper explores the interplay between aestheticism and literature in Oscar Wilde’s artistic philosophy, emphasizing his belief in "art for art’s sake." Wilde viewed literature as a written canvas, where beauty, form, and imagination take precedence over moral or social didacticism. Through works such as The Picture of Dorian Gray and his essays like The Decay of Lying, Wilde challenges conventional Victorian values and redefines the role of the artist as a creator of beauty rather than a moral guide. This study examines how Wilde's aesthetic ideals shaped his literary style, narrative techniques, and character portrayals, ultimately positioning him as a central figure in the Aesthetic Movement and a lasting influence on modern literary thought.

Feminist Art and Literary Expression: Redefining Gender Through Creativity

Pranata — 2025-08-19

Feminist Art and Literary Expression: Redefining Gender Through Creativity explores how feminist movements have used visual art and literature as powerful tools to challenge patriarchal norms and reconstruct gender identities. This study highlights the ways in which female artists and writers reclaim agency, voice, and space by subverting traditional representations of women and promoting inclusive narratives. Through a critical examination of key works and figures, the abstract underscores how feminist creativity fosters dialogue, empowerment, and social transformation by questioning dominant ideologies and envisioning new possibilities for gender equity in cultural discourse.

Impressionistic Writing: Capturing Light and Movement in Prose and Poetry

Kartika — 2025-08-19

Impressionistic Writing: Capturing Light and Movement in Prose and Poetry explores how literary artists translate the visual and emotional techniques of Impressionist painting into written form. This style emphasizes fleeting moments, sensory perception, and the subtle interplay of light, color, and motion. In both prose and poetry, impressionistic writing often relies on fragmented imagery, suggestive language, and stream-of-consciousness to evoke atmosphere and emotion rather than provide concrete narrative or description. This abstract study highlights key literary figures influenced by Impressionism and examines how their work mirrors the artistic pursuit of capturing the ephemeral beauty of experience.

The Brush and the Pen: Intersections of Visual Art and Literature in the Romantic Era

Prasetyo — 2025-08-19

The Brush and the Pen: Intersections of Visual Art and Literature in the Romantic Era explores the dynamic interplay between visual and literary expressions during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This study examines how Romantic poets and painters, such as William Blake, J.M.W. Turner, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, shared aesthetic ideals emphasizing imagination, emotion, nature, and the sublime. Through comparative analysis, the research highlights how visual art and literature mutually influenced one another, shaping a shared cultural language that challenged Enlightenment rationalism and celebrated individual perception. The paper argues that these intersections reveal a rich, interdisciplinary dialogue that expanded the boundaries of both artistic and literary creation in the Romantic period.

Portraits in Prose: The Literary Construction of Artistic Characters

Ranggala — 2025-08-19

Portraits in Prose: The Literary Construction of Artistic Characters explores how writers craft fictional representations of artists—painters, sculptors, musicians, and writers—within literary texts. This study examines the interplay between narrative technique, character development, and thematic symbolism to reveal how artistic characters reflect broader cultural ideals, psychological complexities, and aesthetic theories. Through close readings of selected works across literary periods, the paper analyzes how the artist figure serves as a narrative device to interrogate identity, creativity, alienation, and the role of art in society. Ultimately, this inquiry illuminates the intricate relationship between literature and visual arts in shaping cultural narratives of the artist.

The Poetics of Space: Architecture and Landscape in English Literary Imagination

Nabila — 2025-08-19

The Poetics of Space: Architecture and Landscape in English Literary Imagination explores how physical environments—both built and natural—shape narrative, symbolism, and emotional resonance in English literature. This study examines the interplay between domestic spaces, public architecture, and landscapes as more than mere settings, analyzing their roles as active agents in the construction of identity, memory, and meaning. Drawing from works spanning the Romantic to the Modernist era, the abstract investigates how authors such as Wordsworth, Brontë, Hardy, and Woolf reimagine space to reflect inner consciousness, cultural values, and social change. The paper highlights the aesthetic and psychological dimensions of spatial representation, revealing how architecture and landscape serve as poetic extensions of human experience in the English literary tradition.

Myth, Muses, and Murals: Classical Art References in English Poetry

Nugraha — 2025-08-19

Myth, Muses, and Murals: Classical Art References in English Poetry explores the enduring influence of classical art and mythology on English poetic tradition. This study examines how poets from the Renaissance to the modern era draw upon Greco-Roman myths, visual aesthetics, and the symbolic presence of the Muses to enrich their works with historical depth, metaphorical power, and artistic resonance. By analyzing selected poems, the paper reveals how classical art functions not only as inspiration but also as a critical lens through which poets negotiate themes of beauty, creativity, identity, and legacy.

From Canvas to Chapter: Visual Art Influences in Victorian Novels

Permatasari — 2025-08-19

From Canvas to Chapter: Visual Art Influences in Victorian Novels explores the dynamic interplay between visual art and literary expression in the Victorian era. This study examines how aesthetic principles, artistic movements, and specific paintings influenced narrative techniques, character development, and thematic constructions in novels by authors such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and the Brontë sisters. By analyzing the incorporation of visual motifs and painterly descriptions, the paper reveals how Victorian novelists used art to enrich storytelling, critique society, and engage with contemporary cultural discourses. This interdisciplinary approach highlights the novel as a visual as well as verbal medium in 19th-century Britain.

The Artist as Writer: Interdisciplinary Creativity in English Art Circles

Kurniawan — 2025-08-19

The Artist as Writer: Interdisciplinary Creativity in English Art Circles explores the dynamic interplay between visual art and literary expression in English artistic communities from the late 19th century to the contemporary era. This study examines how artists such as William Blake, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Tracey Emin utilized writing—poetry, prose, diaries, and manifestos—as an extension of their visual practice. It highlights the emergence of the artist-writer as a distinct creative figure whose interdisciplinary engagement challenges the boundaries of genre, medium, and authorship. By tracing the evolution of this dual identity, the abstract underscores the role of text as both a reflective and generative space for artistic innovation within English art circles.

Surrealism on the Page: Literary Responses to Avant-Garde Art Movements

Lestari — 2025-08-19

Surrealism on the Page: Literary Responses to Avant-Garde Art Movements explores how surrealist principles and aesthetics influenced literary expression in the 20th century. This study examines how writers responded to, adapted, and challenged avant-garde artistic movements—particularly Surrealism—through experimental narrative forms, dream logic, and subversive imagery. By analyzing selected texts from European and Latin American authors, the paper reveals the interplay between visual and verbal surrealism, highlighting how literature became a platform for psychological exploration, political critique, and imaginative freedom. Ultimately, the study emphasizes the enduring impact of avant-garde art on shaping modern literary innovation.

The Narrative of Sculpture: Physical Form and Metaphor in English Literature

Oktaviani — 2025-08-19

The Narrative of Sculpture: Physical Form and Metaphor in English Literature explores the interplay between sculptural imagery and literary expression, focusing on how physical form functions as a metaphor for identity, memory, and transformation. Through an interdisciplinary lens, this study examines key English literary works—from Romantic to Modernist periods—where sculpture serves not only as a symbol of artistic permanence but also as a narrative device that reflects the characters’ emotional and existential states. The abstract physicality of sculpture becomes a powerful medium through which writers interrogate themes of beauty, decay, and the tension between the material and the spiritual. This paper reveals how the metaphor of sculpture enriches literary texts with layered meanings, inviting readers to consider the sculptural process as both an artistic and philosophical act.

Gothic Art and Its Echoes in 19th-Century English Fictio

Farhan — 2025-08-19

This study explores the influence of Gothic art on 19th-century English fiction, examining how the visual aesthetics, themes, and emotional intensity of Gothic architecture and iconography echoed in literary form. Gothic cathedrals, with their towering spires, shadowy interiors, and intricate ornamentation, inspired a literary tradition marked by mystery, decay, and the supernatural. Writers such as Mary Shelley, Emily Brontë, and Bram Stoker integrated the visual grandeur and symbolic weight of Gothic art into narratives that probe the human psyche, social anxieties, and the unknown. The paper highlights the symbiotic relationship between art and literature, showing how Gothic aesthetics shaped the emotional and atmospheric landscape of English fiction in the 1800s.