Semiotic Transubstantiation: A Comparative Semiotics of Literary and Cinematic Sign Systems

The comparative analysis developed throughout this article points toward a broader theoretical
conclusion: literary and cinematic signs do not exist in isolation but inhabit a shared semiotic
ecology – a dynamic system in which different sign types interact, compete, and cross-pollinate.
This ecological perspective moves beyond the binary comparison of literature and cinema to
situate both within the larger field of human meaning-making, a field that encompasses verbal,
visual, auditory, gestural, and digital signs in complex interaction.