The rhetoric of character in children's literature /
Through a variety of critical perspectives, Nikolajeva ponders the art of characterization, uncovering the essential differences between story ('what we are told') and discourse ('how we are told'), and carefully distinguishing between how these are employed in children's fi...
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Lanham :
Scarecrow Press,
2002.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Why a Theory of Character?
- Ontology and Typology of Character
- Approaches to Literary Characters
- From Hero to Character
- In Search of the Protagonist
- Collective Character
- From Collective Character to Intersubjectivity
- Secondary Characters and Character Constellations
- Complexity and Development
- Epistemology of Character
- Character and Plot
- Authorial Discourse: Description and Narration
- Authorial Discourse: Actions and Events
- Figural Discourse: Speech Acts
- Figural Discourse: Internal Representation
- Implicit Characterization.