Linguistic Encoding of Quantum Silence: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Non-Linear Trauma in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Naipaul’s A Bend in the River

Abstract

This study investigates how Joseph Conrad’s  Heart of Darkness and V.S. Naipaul’s A Bend in the River use linguistic expressions of trauma and silence. The investigation details how language together with sentence structures and speech patterns create silent stories which literature uses to depict both national and personal tragic experiences. The interpretation uses "quantum silence" theory which demonstrates traumatized experiences through shattered and broken fragments of narration. The research employs Voyant Text Analysis tools to detect how trauma affects language structures by identifying common patterns in text. Research demonstrates that silence functions actively within storytelling because it allows both the expression of obscured feelings along with undisclosed histories and marks from colonial dominance. The text contains pauses as well as gaps and disruptions which reveals how individuals and societies attempt to deal with their past. This study investigates trauma transmission through language which results in advanced comprehension of literature that comes from colonial and postcolonial traditions. As per this research silence operates as a powerful element that enhances how stories about survival and suffering get narrated. This research urges readers to rethink how language functions when documenting emotions and events which usually remain unexpressed.

Keywords

Quantum silence, linguistic encoding, corpus-based analysis, non-linear trauma, colonial fiction, postcolonial fiction