02949nam 22006491 450 991079089950332120230121000834.01-4616-7350-X(CKB)2550000001143248(EBL)1434066(OCoLC)862047132(SSID)ssj0001045460(PQKBManifestationID)12408481(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001045460(PQKBWorkID)11110416(PQKB)10190724(SSID)ssj0001167351(PQKBManifestationID)11668395(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001167351(PQKBWorkID)11129776(PQKB)11317519(MiAaPQ)EBC1434066(Au-PeEL)EBL1434066(CaPaEBR)ebr10774663(EXLCZ)99255000000114324820040303d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rhetoric of character in children's literature /Maria NikolajevaFirst paperback edition.Lanham :Scarecrow Press,2003.©20021 online resource (345 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8108-4886-4 0-8108-4250-5 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.Through a variety of critical perspectives, Nikolajeva ponders the art of characterization, uncovering the essential differences between story ('what we are told') and discourse ('how we are told'), and carefully distinguishing between how these are employed in children's fiction and in general fiction.Characters and characteristics in literatureChildrenBooks and readingChildren's literatureHistory and criticismCharacters and characteristics in literature.ChildrenBooks and reading.Children's literatureHistory and criticism.809/.927Nikolajeva Maria603751MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790899503321The rhetoric of character in children's literature3790547UNINA