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This work brings together the production of researchers integrated in the project "Figures of Fiction", as well as other papers on the theme of this issue: "Dynamics of the Character". This theme focus on reflections on the transliterary vitality of the character and the movements of refiguration that it motivates. Therefore, the work concerns the literature, in several times and narrative genres, the cinema, the arts, the television, the publicity, the media speeches and the videogames, stressing the dynamism of the character, as a key category of the narrative

Metalepse --- Narrative genres --- Afterlife --- Character --- Figuration

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Character can be defined as self-aware knowledge that helps the individual to set goals, values and ethical principles (Cloninger, 2004). This meta-cognitive dimension of human personality involves ‘Theory of Mind’, and is positively related to measures of well-being, mental health, and constructive behavior patterns. Research from at least three different fields, cultural (Shweder, Much, Mahapatra & Park, 1997), personality (Cloninger, 2004), and social psychology (Abele & Wojcizke, 2007) suggest that character can be organized along three broad principles: agency, which is related to the autonomy and the fulfillment and enhancement of the self; communion, which is related to engagement in the protection and relations to others such as families, companies or nations; and spirituality, which is related to the human ability to transcend the self and find and interconnection with all life and appreciation of the whole world around us (Haidt, 2006; Cloninger, 2013). Using the Temperament and Character Inventory (Cloninger, Svrakic & Przybeck, 1993) researchers have found that agentic (i.e., Self-directedness) and communal (i.e., Cooperativeness) values are associated to high levels of happiness, psychological well-being, and less violent behavior. Moreover, low Self-directedness and Cooperativeness is recurrent among individuals with all types of mental health problems, such as, depression, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder, autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and et cetera. Spirituality, in coherence with agency and communion, guides the individual to seek self-realization in harmony with others and nature in the changing world (Cloninger, 2013). Seeing character as self-awareness of the self in three dimensions has also been associated to human responsibility and empowerment. This Research Topic will focus on all article types that put forward findings regarding: •Character as a protective factor against mental illness •Character’s association to conduct disorders and violent behavior •Character as a promoter of happiness, life satisfaction, and well-being •The etiology of character •Longitudinal studies on character •Agency, communion, and spirituality as broad dimensions for the conceptualization of positive measures of mental health •Innovative methods to measure or conceptualize character •Non-linear effects of character on mental health •Character as a measure/conceptualization of responsibility •Character in school and work place settings •Character in relation to empowerment.

Well-being --- Character --- responsibility --- Personality --- Virtues

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The book "Zukunft der Werkstätten" (Future of Workshops) deals with the future and perspectives of workshops for people with disabilities (WfbM). In today's field of tension of inclusion, the workshops are subjected to a critical examination. The book takes up this necessary discussion from different perspectives and links it with aspects of the more than 70-year history and the necessary development needs of the workshops. It describes the basics as well as current discussion processes on participation and inclusion in the context of workshops. Through the critical and reflective presentation of various aspects, the book offers differentiating suggestions.

Personality development. --- Living benefits. --- Accelerated death benefits --- Life support benefits --- Living benefit options --- Pay downs (Life insurance) --- Life insurance policies --- Terminal care --- Viatical settlements --- Character development --- Character formation --- Development, Character --- Development, Personality --- Formation, Character --- Child psychology --- Finance

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This is an anthropological-sociological study of Lithuanian identity contours that are affected by the globalization. Compilers of the book suggests to start to talk about the national identity with the assumption that there are and there were no single and invariable Lithuanian model, however, no matter how various and movable would be the forms of identities, the nation consists of them. This study is an attempt to answer to the question – what does it mean to be Lithuanian today, on the ground of research.

National characteristics, Lithuanian. --- Nation --- Globalization --- National character --- Identity

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The mid thirteenth-century Dutch beast epic Van den vos Reynaerde is a fascinating reworking of the most popular branch of the Old French Roman de Renart and one of the finest examples of this popular genre, consisting of a lengthy cycle of animal tales which provided a satirical commentary on human society. Featuring the archetypal sly fox, the epic is also one of earliest examples of a longer literary work written in the Dutch vernacular. This charmingly illustrated edition contains the first-ever version of the Dutch text with a facing English translation, making the undisputed masterpiece of medieval Dutch literature accessible to international scholarly audiences otherwise unable to read the narrative in the original. The critical text and the parallel translation are accompanied by an introduction, interpretative notes, an index of names, a complete glossary, and a short introduction to Middle Dutch, making it an excellent choice for undergraduate or graduate study of medieval European literature. Het dertiende-eeuwse meesterwerk van de middeleeuwse Nederlandse letterkunde, Van den vos Reynaerde, wordt samen met een moderne parallelvertaling in dit boek uitgegeven. De hedendaagse vertaling, die in het Engels gesteld is om een zo groot mogelijk publiek te bereiken, volgt de middeleeuwse tekst op de voet. Een inleiding en literair-historische aantekeningen geven de lezer volop steun bij het begrijpen van het middeleeuwse werk. Het boek bevat tevens een glossarium op de volledige woordvoorraad en een beknopte introducleerling tie op het Middelnederlands. Deze uitgave is zeer geschikt voor gebruik in het hoger onderwijs.

Reynard the Fox (Legendary character) --- Reinaert. --- Reinaert de Vos (Legendary character) --- Reinke de Vos (Legendary character) --- Renart (Legendary character) --- Legends --- Roman de Renart --- Reynard, --- Reinaert, --- Reinke, --- Renart --- Reynard --- Literature & literary studies --- Literature: history & criticism --- Literary studies: poetry & poets --- Education --- nederlandse letterkunde --- nederlandse en vlaamse literatuur --- educatie --- education --- dutch literature --- dutch and flemish literature --- Reynard the Fox (Legendary character).