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Reading people, reading plots

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Reading people, reading plots

[Book]

character, progression, and the interpretation of narrative /

James Phelan

Chicago :

University of Chicago Press,

c1989

1 online resource (xi, 238 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-229) and index

Introduction: Character, progression, and the rhetorical interpretation of narrative -- The mimetic-thematic relationship and the thematizing of narrative. Character, progression, and thematism: the cases of 1984 and Pride and prejudice -- The thematic function and interpreting by cultural codes: the case of "The beast in the jungle" -- Incorporating the synthetic function: reexamining audiences and progression. The functions of character and the relations of audiences in The French lieutenant's woman -- Progression and the synthetic secondary character: the case of John Wemmick -- Foregrounding the synthetic: Calvino's "Reader" and the audiences of narrative -- Evaluating -and resisting -character and progression. Evaluation and resistance: the case of Catherine Barkley -- Conclusion: Extensions and reconsiderations

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Reading people, reading plots.

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American fiction-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc

Characters and characteristics in literature

Criticism-- English-speaking countries

English fiction-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc

Phelan, James

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