TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nikolajeva,Maria
TI  - The rhetoric of character in children's literature
AV  - PN1009.5.C43 N55 2003
U1  - 809/.927 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Scarecrow Press
KW  - Characters and characteristics in literature
KW  - Children
KW  - Books and reading
KW  - Children's literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 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
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1434066
ER  -