ENGL 25640 The Problem of Fictional Character

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Aspects of Character Keywords

    • ­Interiority
    • Sexuality
    • Freud’s Unconscious
    • Agency and Interiority Construction
    • Positionality
    • The Unconscious Mind
    • Inconsistent Character Construction
    • Identification of Character
    • Focalization (Point of View)
    • Desire and Self Control
    • Characters Referencing Texts
    • Reliability
    • Character’s Identification of Sexuality
    • Relationships with the Reader
    • Dialogue
    • Interiority and Exteriority
    • Intertextuality
    • Conflict 
    • Exercise in Intertextuality

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Agency archetypes belief belonging bias character-status character identity characterization development Dynamics of relationship to reader Emotions External-awareness focalization genre identification identity interiority Internal Conflict internal logic Internal Logic/Moral Code Memory Minor Characters Narration objects Personal History perspective physicality Physiognomy Point of View positionality POV race rationality relationships relationships with other characters Relationship with Other Characters Revelation/Unfolding of Character Self-awareness self worth Sexuality subconscious mind symbols temperament Unfolding of Character unreliability

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