Rhetoric of Character Child L CB

by Maria Nikolajeva

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810842505
• ISBN13: 9780810842502
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.1"