Abstract
This article proposes the ‘non-speaking narrator’ as a methodological tool of analysis and writing with reference to the film Persona, directed by Ingmar Bergman. Focusing on the dialectic between the two characters of the film, the article brings forward the idea that the narrative is relayed by the constant silence of one of the characters. Since the nature of that silence changes the extent of the lingual content, it leads the talking character into divulgence. The ‘non-speaking narrator’ thus brings forward silence as a way of being heard, suggesting a new perspective also to everyday life conventions in communication. This power of the non-speaking narrator as a methodological tool derived from practice has the potential to generate multiple interpretations and can be applied to various areas of communication studies.
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