Characters in Fictional Worlds: Understanding Imaginary Beings in Literature, Film, and Other Media

Characters in Fictional Worlds: Understanding Imaginary Beings in Literature, Film, and Other Media
ISBN-10
3110232413
ISBN-13
9783110232417
Category
Social Science
Pages
596
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Authors
Ralf Schneider, Jens Eder, Fotis Jannidis

Description

Although fictional characters have long dominated the reception of literature, films, television programs, comics, and other media products, only recently have they begun to attract their due attention in literary and media theory. The book systematically surveys todays diverse and at times conflicting theoretical perspectives on fictional character, spanning research on topics such as the differences between fictional characters and real persons, the ontological status of characters, the strategies of their representation and characterization, the psychology of their reception, as well as their specific forms and constellations in - and across - different media, from the book to the internet."

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