The One vs. the Many : Minor Characters and the Space of the Protagonist in the Novel /

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Does a novel focus on one life or many? Alex Woloch uses this simple question to develop a powerful new theory of the realist novel, based on how narratives distribute limited attention among a crowded field of characters. His argument has important implications for both literary studies and narrati...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Woloch, Alex, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Homer > Characters.
Sophocles > Characters.
Balzac, Honore de, > 1799-1850 > Characters.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Characters.
Austen, Jane, > 1775-1817 > Characters.
Realism in literature.
European fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Iliad's two wars
  • Characterization and distribution
  • Narrative asymmetry in Pride and prejudice
  • Making more of minor characters
  • Partings welded together: the character-system in Great Expectations
  • A qui la place?: characterization and competition in Le pere Goriot and La comedie humaine
  • Sophocles's Oedipus rex and the prehistory of the protagonist.

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