The rhetoric of character in children's literature / Maria Nikolajeva.

By: Nikolajeva, MariaMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Scarecrow Press, 2003Copyright date: 2002Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 1 online resource (345 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781461673507Subject(s): Characters and characteristics in literature | Children -- Books and reading | Children's literature -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rhetoric of character in children's literature.DDC classification: 809/.927 LOC classification: PN1009.5.C43 | N55 2003Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Why a theory of character? -- I: Ontology and typology of character -- 1. Approaches to literary characters -- 2. From hero to character -- 3. In search of the protagonist -- 4. Collective character -- 5. From collective character to intersubjectivity -- 6. Secondary characters and character constellations -- 7. Complexity and development -- II: Epistemology of character -- 8. Character and plot -- 9. Authorial discourse: description and narration -- 10. Authorial discourse: actions and events -- 11. Figural discourse: speech acts -- 12. Figural discourse: internal representation -- 13. Implicit characterization -- Returning to text.
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Why a theory of character? -- I: Ontology and typology of character -- 1. Approaches to literary characters -- 2. From hero to character -- 3. In search of the protagonist -- 4. Collective character -- 5. From collective character to intersubjectivity -- 6. Secondary characters and character constellations -- 7. Complexity and development -- II: Epistemology of character -- 8. Character and plot -- 9. Authorial discourse: description and narration -- 10. Authorial discourse: actions and events -- 11. Figural discourse: speech acts -- 12. Figural discourse: internal representation -- 13. Implicit characterization -- Returning to text.

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