The rhetoric of character in children's literature

Titel: The rhetoric of character in children's literature / Maria Nikolajeva
Verfasser:
Ausgabe: 1. paperback ed.
Veröffentlicht: Lanham, Md. ˜[u.a.]œ : Scarecrow Press, 2003
Umfang: XII, 332 S.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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mehrbändiges Werk:
Literary criticsm
RVK-Notation:
ISBN: 0810848864
Buchumschlag
X
Lokale Klassifikation: Sekundärliteratur
  • Acknowledgments
  • p. v
  • Introduction: Why a Theory of Character?
  • p. vii
  • Part I.
  • Ontology and Typology of Character
  • Chapter 1
  • Approaches to Literary Characters
  • p. 3
  • Chapter 2
  • From Hero to Character
  • p. 26
  • Chapter 3
  • In Search of the Protagonist
  • p. 49
  • Chapter 4
  • Collective Character
  • p. 67
  • Chapter 5
  • From Collective Character to Intersubjectivity
  • p. 88
  • Chapter 6
  • Secondary Characters and Character Constellations
  • p. 110
  • Chapter 7
  • Complexity and Development
  • p. 128
  • Part II.
  • Epistemology of Character
  • p. 153
  • Chapter 8
  • Character and Plot
  • p. 159
  • Chapter 9
  • Authorial Discourse: Description and Narration
  • p. 182
  • Chapter 10
  • Authorial Discourse: Actions and Events
  • p. 198
  • Chapter 11
  • Figural Discourse: Speech Acts
  • p. 223
  • Chapter 12
  • Figural Discourse: Internal Representation
  • p. 241
  • Chapter 13
  • Implicit Characterization
  • p. 268
  • Conclusion: Returning to the Text
  • p. 282
  • Bibliography
  • p. 285
  • Name Index
  • p. 306
  • Title Index
  • p. 309
  • Character Index
  • p. 315
  • Subject Index
  • p. 323
  • About the Author
  • p. 332