Accented Speech in Literature, Art, and Theory

Through an evocative blend of theoretical rigor and literary sensibility, Tingting Hui spotlights the "melodrama" of accented speech-a performance that exposes the bodily nature of language, bridging the erotic and the vulnerable, the audible and the visual.

Tingting Hui is an Assistant Professor at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. Her work centers on critical theory, contemporary literature and arts, and care ethics. Her papers received the Young Scholar Excellence Award from MESEA and the Honorable Mention of the Horst Frenz Prize from ACLA.

Introduction: The Return of the Speaking Body, 1 Accented Speech Acts, 2 Audiovisual Counterpoint, 3 From the Buccal Tribunal to the Buccal Theater, 4 Onomatopoeic Translation, 5 The Little Girl, the Schizophrenic, and the Exophonic, Conclusion: For the Love of Literature, Works Cited, Index