Aesthetics of Subjectivity in Literary Productionsin Colombian Sign Language

Abstract

Objective: To understand the relationship between aesthetics and subjectivity in literary productions in Colombian Sign Language (LSC). Methodology: The study was conducted at the Francisco Luis Hernández Betancur Educational Institution in Medellín, Colombia, using the videographic method. The process included three main steps: collecting video recordings, constructing a videographic analysis matrix, and conducting literary-creation sessions in LSC with a group of Deaf signing students. Results: In Colombia, there is a wide and diverse body of literature produced in LSC. Expressive resources, visual rhetorical figures, and methods of constructing intensity and form, articulated through the language's own parameters, enable the configuration of the aesthetic sign. This sign is intertwined with the narrator's subjectivity—their identity, experiences, and life events—which strengthens the literary work, enhances the appeal of the narrative, and evokes emotions in the audience. Aesthetics thus manifests itself as an expression of subjectivity. Conclusions: Those who produce literature in LSC seek to communicate sensations, feelings, and messages that address others, while representing the world they inhabit and the ways they experience and interpret it through signs.