Книга "Новелльные персонажи. Генеалогия" является увлекательным и глубоким исследованием истории персонажа в романе - от "рождения романа" в "Дон Кихоте", через великие канонические произведения XIX и XX веков, до наиболее влиятельных международных романов наших дней. Это оригинальное исследование, которое предлагает уникальный подход к мышлению и обсуждению персонажа. Автор широко ссылаются как на традиционные, так и на более новые и специализированные научные исследования романа. Книга предоставляет критический словарь для понимания того, как концепция романного персонажа менялась со временем. Автор исследует широкий спектр романов, культур и периодов, стимулируя обсуждение того, как разные культуры и времена мыслят о человеческой идентичности и как понятие того, что такое персонаж, изменилось со временем.
In Novel Characters: A Genealogy Maria DiBattista sets out to trace the historical development of the fictional character, from its first appearance in Cervantes's Don Quixote (circa 1605) through successive generations of characters in some of the greatest works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, and finally to the principal international figures of contemporary fiction.The aim?To throw light on the ways in which cultural evolution has reflected and undermined received philosophies of human nature.The book surveys a panoply of 182 translations, examinations of every body of work offers an account of a "heroic era" in the exploration of the human mind with characters - both interests the primitive and paradoxical facets - reflecting the variability of culture, pluralism of race, diversity of the sexes, homo sacer of the intelligible world, multiplicity and contingency of psychic experiences that no longer seem archaic.Novel Characters will interest literary scholars, students, and general readers alike as it introduces and explores an innovative and rewarding field of study in literary theory now beckoning academic attention.
Электронная Книга «Novel Characters. A Genealogy» написана автором Maria DiBattista в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9781444327991
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Novel Characters offers a fascinating and in-depth history of the novelistic character from the “birth of the novel” in Don Quixote, through the great canonical works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, to the most influential international novels of the present day An original study which offers a unique approach to thinking about and discussing character Makes extensive reference to both traditional and more recent and specialized academic studies of the novel Provides a critical vocabulary for understanding how the novelistic conception of character has changed over time. Examines a broad range of novels, cultures, and periods Promotes discussion of how different cultures and times think about human identity, and how the concept of what a character is has changed over time
