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Balzac: sémiotique du personnage romanesque: l'exemple d'Eugénie Grandet
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ISBN: 2760604454 2864600099 Year: 1980 Publisher: Montréal Presses de l'Université de Montréal

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Leporello fällt aus der Rolle : zeitgenössische Autoren erzählen das Leben von Figuren der Weltliteratur weiter
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ISBN: 3100291026 Year: 1971 Publisher: Frankfurt am Main : S. Fischer,

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Minor characters have their day : genre and the contemporary literary marketplace
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ISBN: 0231542402 9780231542401 9780231177443 0231177445 9780231177443 Year: 2016 Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press,

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How do genres develop? In what ways do they reflect changing political and cultural trends? What do they tell us about the motivations of publishers and readers? Combining close readings and formal analysis with a sociology of literary institutions and markets, Minor Characters Have Their Day offers a compelling new approach to genre study and contemporary fiction. Focusing on the booming genre of books that transform minor characters from canonical literary texts into the protagonists of new works, Jeremy Rosen makes broader claims about the state of contemporary fiction, the strategies of the publishing industry over recent decades, and the function of literary characters.Rosen traces the recent surge in "minor-character elaboration" to the late 1960s and works such as Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea and Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. These early examples often recover the voices of marginalized individuals and groups. As the genre has exploded between the 1980s and the present, with novels about Ahab's wife, Huck Finn's father, and Mr. Dalloway, it has begun to embody the neoliberal commitments of subjective experience, individual expression, and agency. Eventually, large-scale publishers capitalized on the genre as a way to appeal to educated audiences aware of the prestige of the classics and to draw in identity-based niche markets. Rosen's conclusion ties the understudied evolution of minor-character elaboration to the theory of literary character.


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Unofficial selves : character in the novel from Dickens to the present day
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ISBN: 0333144422 Year: 1973 Publisher: London : Macmillan,

Littérature et anthropologie : nature humaine et caractère à l'usage classique.
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ISBN: 2130452396 9782130452393 Year: 1993 Volume: *3 Publisher: Paris : PUF,

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Comparative literature --- Thematology --- anno 1600-1699 --- Anthropologie philosophique dans la litérature --- Caractères litteraires --- Caractères littéraires --- Character sketches--History and criticism --- Characterization (Literature) --- Characters [Literary ] --- Characters and characteristics in literature --- Filosofische antropologie in de literatuur --- Karakterisering (Literatuur) --- Karakters [Literaire ] --- Karakters in de literatuur --- Karakterschetsen in de literatuur --- Literaire karakters --- Literaire portretten --- Literary characters --- Literary portraits --- Littérature--Personnages --- Personages in de literatuur --- Personnages (littérature) --- Personnages littéraires --- Philosophical anthropology in literature --- Portraits [Literary ] --- Portraits littéraires --- Portretten [Literaire ] --- Types littéraires --- Literature and anthropology --- Philosophical anthropology --- French literature --- Characters and characteristics --- Littérature et anthropologie --- Anthropologie philosophique --- Littérature française --- Personnages --- History --- History and criticism --- Histoire --- Histoire et critique --- La Bruyère, Jean de, --- 82:3 --- Literatuur en maatschappijwetenschappen --- 82:3 Literatuur en maatschappijwetenschappen --- Littérature et anthropologie --- Littérature française --- Ethicists --- France --- 17th century --- La Bruyère, Jean de --- La Bruyère, Jean de, --- French literature - 17th century - History and criticism --- La Bruyère, Jean de, - 1645-1696 - Caractères --- ANTHROPOLOGIE ET LITTERATURE --- AGE CLASSIQUE


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Introduction to cognitive cultural studies
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ISBN: 9780801894879 0801894875 9780801894886 0801894883 Year: 2010 Publisher: Baltimore (Md): Johns Hopkins University press,

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Drawing on the explosion of academic and public interest in cognitive science in the past two decades, this volume features articles that combine literary and cultural analysis with insights from neuroscience, cognitive evolutionary psychology and anthropology, and cognitive linguistics. Lisa Zunshine's introduction provides a broad overview of the field. The essays that follow are organized into four parts that explore developments in literary universals, cognitive historicism, cognitive narratology, and cognitive approaches in dialogue with other theoretical approaches, such as postcolonial studies, ecocriticism, aesthetics, and poststructuralism. Introduction to Cognitive Cultural Studies provides readers with grounding in several major areas of cognitive science, applies insights from cognitive science to cultural representations, and recognizes the cognitive approach's commitment to seeking common ground with existing literary-theoretical paradigms. This book is ideal for graduate courses and seminars devoted to cognitive approaches to cultural studies and literary criticism.

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Psychology and literature --- Cognitive science --- Characters and characteristics in literature --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Reader-response criticism --- Philosophy --- Psychology and literature. --- Characters and characteristics in literature. --- Discourse analysis, Narrative. --- Reader-response criticism. --- Philosophy. --- 82:159.9 --- Literatuur en psychologie. Literatuur en psychoanalyse --- 82:159.9 Literatuur en psychologie. Literatuur en psychoanalyse --- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.). --- Reader-oriented criticism --- Reception aesthetics --- Criticism --- Reading --- Literature and psychology --- Literature --- Artistic impact --- Artistic influence --- Impact (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Literary impact --- Literary influence --- Literary tradition --- Tradition (Literature) --- Art --- Influence (Psychology) --- Intermediality --- Intertextuality --- Originality in literature --- Narrative discourse analysis --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Science --- Philosophy of mind --- Character sketches --- Characterization (Literature) --- Literary characters --- Literary portraits --- Portraits, Literary --- History and criticism --- Cognitive science - Philosophy --- Psychologi et littérature --- Sciences cognitives --- Personnages littéraires --- Analyse du discours narratif --- Influence littéraire, artistique, etc. --- Esthétique de la réception --- philosophie --- Psychologi et littérature --- Personnages littéraires --- Influence littéraire, artistique, etc. --- Esthétique de la réception

Imagined human beings : a psychological approach to character and conflict in literature
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ISBN: 0814766560 0814766552 0814767915 0585347417 9780585347417 9780814767917 9780814766569 9780814766552 Year: 1997 Volume: [9] Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : New York university press,

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Applications of a Horneyan approach -- Horney's mature theory -- A doll's house and Hedda Gabler -- The end of the road -- "The clerk's tale"--The merchant of Venice -- Antigone -- Great expectations -- Jane Eyre -- The mayor of Casterbridge -- Madame Bovary -- The awakening -- Wuthering heights.

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Characters and characteristics in literature. --- Literature --- Motivation (Psychology) in literature. --- Psychoanalysis and literature. --- Psychology in literature. --- Psychology. --- Caractères litteraires --- Caractères littéraires --- Character sketches--History and criticism --- Characterization (Literature) --- Characters [Literary ] --- Characters and characteristics in literature --- Karakterisering (Literatuur) --- Karakters [Literaire ] --- Karakters in de literatuur --- Karakterschetsen in de literatuur --- Literaire karakters --- Literaire portretten --- Literary characters --- Literary portraits --- Literature and psychoanalysis --- Literatuur en psychoanalyse --- Littérature et psychanalyse --- Littérature--Personnages --- Motivatie (Psychologie) in de literature --- Motivation (Psychologie) dans la litérature --- Motivation (Psychology) in literature --- Personages in de literatuur --- Personnages (littérature) --- Personnages littéraires --- Portraits [Literary ] --- Portraits littéraires --- Portretten [Literaire ] --- Psychanalyse et littérature --- Psychoanalyse en literatuur --- Psychoanalysis and literature --- Psychologie als thema in de literatuur --- Psychologie comme thème dans la littérature --- Psychologie dans la littérature --- Psychologie in de literatuur --- Psychology as a theme in literature --- Psychology in literature --- Types littéraires --- Character sketches --- Portraits, Literary --- Psychoanalytic literary criticism --- Aesthetics --- Psychology and literature --- History and criticism --- Psychological aspects

The afterlife of character, 1726-1825
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ISBN: 0812238648 9786613211507 1283211505 0812201434 9780812201437 9780812238648 Year: 2005 Volume: *5

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The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825 reconstructs how eighteenth-century British readers invented further adventures for beloved characters, including Gulliver, Falstaff, Pamela, and Tristram Shandy. Far from being close-ended and self-contained, the novels and plays in which these characters first appeared were treated by many as merely a starting point, a collective reference perpetually inviting augmentation through an astonishing wealth of unauthorized sequels. Characters became an inexhaustible form of common property, despite their patent authorship. Readers endowed them with value, knowing all the while that others were doing the same and so were collectively forging a new mode of virtual community. By tracing these practices, David A. Brewer shows how the literary canon emerged as much "from below" as out of any of the institutions that have been credited with their invention. Indeed, he reveals the astonishing degree to which authors had to cajole readers into granting them authority over their own creations, authority that seems self-evident to a modern audience. In its innovative methodology and its unprecedented attention to the productive interplay between the audience, the book as a material artifact, and the text as an immaterial entity, The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825 offers a compelling new approach to eighteenth-century studies, the history of the book, and the very idea of character itself.

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Sociology of literature --- English literature --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- Caractères litteraires --- Caractères littéraires --- Character sketches--History and criticism --- Characterization (Literature) --- Characters [Literary ] --- Characters and characteristics in literature --- Karakterisering (Literatuur) --- Karakters [Literaire ] --- Karakters in de literatuur --- Karakterschetsen in de literatuur --- Literaire karakters --- Literaire portretten --- Literary characters --- Literary portraits --- Littérature--Personnages --- Personages in de literatuur --- Personnages (littérature) --- Personnages littéraires --- Portraits [Literary ] --- Portraits littéraires --- Portretten [Literaire ] --- Sequels (Literature) --- Suites (Litterature) --- Types littéraires --- Vervolgen (Literatuur) --- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Authors and readers --- Intellectual property --- Character sketches --- Portraits, Literary --- IP (Intellectual property) --- Proprietary rights --- Rights, Proprietary --- Intangible property --- Artistic impact --- Artistic influence --- Impact (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Literary impact --- Literary influence --- Literary tradition --- Tradition (Literature) --- Art --- Influence (Psychology) --- Literature --- Intermediality --- Intertextuality --- Originality in literature --- Readers and authors --- Authorship --- Cycles (Literature) --- History --- History and criticism --- Law and legislation --- E-books --- 18th century --- Great Britain --- 19th century --- Characters and characteristics in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Authors and readers. --- English literature. --- Fortleben. --- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.). --- Influence littéraire, artistique, etc --- Intellectual property. --- Intellectueel eigendom. --- LITERARY CRITICISM --- Leser. --- Lezers. --- Literarische Gestalt. --- Literatur. --- Littérature anglaise --- Personnages dans la littérature. --- Propriété intellectuelle --- Rezeption. --- Schrijvers. --- Sequels (Literature). --- Séries (Littérature). --- Écrivains et lecteurs --- Histoire --- European --- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. --- Histoire et critique --- 1700-1899. --- Geschichte 1726-1825. --- Englisch. --- Great Britain. --- Gro�britannien. --- Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.

The one vs. the many : minor characters and the space of the protagonist in the novel
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ISBN: 0691113149 9780691113142 0691113130 9786612158155 1282158155 140082575X 9781400825752 9780691113135 Year: 2003 Publisher: Princeton (N.J.) : Princeton university press,

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Does a novel focus on one life or many? Alex Woloch uses this simple question to develop a powerful new theory of the realist novel, based on how narratives distribute limited attention among a crowded field of characters. His argument has important implications for both literary studies and narrative theory. Characterization has long been a troubled and neglected problem within literary theory. Through close readings of such novels as Pride and Prejudice, Great Expectations, and Le Père Goriot, Woloch demonstrates that the representation of any character takes place within a shifting field of narrative attention and obscurity. Each individual--whether the central figure or a radically subordinated one--emerges as a character only through his or her distinct and contingent space within the narrative as a whole. The "character-space," as Woloch defines it, marks the dramatic interaction between an implied person and his or her delimited position within a narrative structure. The organization of, and clashes between, many character-spaces within a single narrative totality is essential to the novel's very achievement and concerns, striking at issues central to narrative poetics, the aesthetics of realism, and the dynamics of literary representation. Woloch's discussion of character-space allows for a different history of the novel and a new definition of characterization itself. By making the implied person indispensable to our understanding of literary form, this book offers a forward-looking avenue for contemporary narrative theory.

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Realism in literature. --- European fiction --- Characters and characteristics in literature. --- Neorealism (Literature) --- Magic realism (Literature) --- Mimesis in literature --- Character sketches --- Characterization (Literature) --- Literary characters --- Literary portraits --- Portraits, Literary --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- Homer --- Sophocles --- Balzac, Honore de, --- Dickens, Charles, --- Austen, Jane, --- Characters. --- Ao-ssu-ting, --- Ao-ssu-ting, Chien, --- Aosiding, --- Aosiding, Jian, --- Āsṭin̲, Jēn̲, --- Austenová, Jane, --- Osten, Dzheĭn, --- Ostin, Dzhein, --- Остен, Джейн, --- Остен, Джейм, --- אוסטן, ג׳יין --- אוסטן, ג׳יין, --- أوستن، جين، --- Dickens, Charles --- Boz --- Dickens, Charles John Huffam --- Balzac, Honoré de, --- Sofokles --- Sophocle --- Sofocle --- Sophokles --- Sofocles --- Homeros --- Homère --- Fiction --- Epical, mythological and fictitious figures --- anno 1800-1899 --- Europe --- Lady, --- Author of Sense and Sensibility, --- de Balzac, Honoré --- de Balzac, H. --- Balzac, Honoré de --- Hóiméar --- Hūmīrūs --- Gomer --- Omir --- Omer --- Omero --- Ho-ma --- Homa --- Homérosz --- האמער --- הומירוס --- הומר --- הומרוס --- هومر --- هوميروس --- 荷马 --- Ὅμηρος --- Гамэр --- Hamėr --- Омир --- Homero --- 호메로스 --- Homerosŭ --- Homērs --- Homeras --- Хомер --- ホメーロス --- ホメロス --- Гомер --- Homeri --- Hema --- Pseudo-Homer --- Pseudo Omero --- Characters and characteristics in literature --- Realism in literature --- Balzac, Honoré de, --- Characters --- European fiction - 19th century - History and criticism --- Austen, Jane, - 1775-1817 - Characters --- Dickens, Charles, - 1812-1870 - Characters --- Balzac, Honoré de, - 1799-1850 - Characters --- Sophocles - Characters --- Homer - Characters --- Balzac, Honorâe de, --- Homerus --- Sófocles --- Sofoklis --- Sophoclis --- Sofokl --- Sūfūklīs --- Sūtmūklīs --- Sofokŭl --- סופוקלס --- سوفوكليس --- Σοφοκλῆς --- Dikensi, Čʻarlz, --- Dickens, Karol, --- Dikens, Charlz, --- Ti-keng-ssu, --- Digengsi, --- Dikkens, Charlz, --- Dikensas, Čarlzas, --- Ṭikkan̲s, Cārls, --- Ṭikkan̲cu, Cārlacu, --- Ṭikkan̲s, Cārlas, --- Диккенс, Чарлз, --- דיקינס, צ׳רלס, --- דיקנס, ַ צ׳רלז --- דיקנס, טשרלס --- דיקנס, צ׳רלז, --- דיקנס, צ׳רלס --- דיקנס, צ׳רלס, --- דיקענס, טש --- דיקענס, טשארלז --- דיקענס, טשארלז, --- דיקענס, טש., --- דיקקענס, טשארלז --- טשרלס, דיקנס --- チャールズ.ディケンズ, --- 狄更斯查尔斯, --- Boz, --- Sparks, Timothy, --- Austen, Jane, - 1775-1817 --- Dickens, Charles, - 1812-1870 --- Balzac, Honoré de, - 1799-1850 --- PERSONNAGES LITTERAIRES --- REALISME DANS LA LITTERATURE --- AUSTEN (JANE), 1775-1817 --- DICKENS (CHARLES), 1812-1870 --- BALZAC, HONORE DE (1799-1850) --- CRITIQUE ET INTERPRETATION --- CARACTERES --- PERSONNAGES

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