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The Rhetoric of Character in Children’s Literature

By Maria Nikolajeva

Book information

Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0810848864, 9780810848863
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11802099 bytes)
Pages
344\345
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-07-06 19:03:35
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Now available in paperback! Until now, there was no theoretical research of character in children's fiction and very few comprehensive theoretical studies of literary characters in general. In her latest intellectual foray, the author of From Mythic to Linear ponders the art of characterization. Through a variety of critical perspectives, she uncovers the essential differences between story ('what we are told') and discourse ('how we are told'), and carefully distinguishes between how these are employed in children's fiction and in general fiction. Yet another masterful work by a leading figure in contemporary criticism.

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