Characters in Fictional Worlds. Understanding imaginary beings in literature, film, and other media.

EDER, Jens, Fotis JANNIDIS, Ralf SCHNEIDER (Hrsg.)

ISBN 10: 3110232413 / ISBN 13: 9783110232417

Published by Berlin, de Gruyter, 2010

About this Item

8vo. IX, 596 S. Originaler Pappeinband. (St.a.Tbrückseite, sonst guter Zustand). (NP 226,93 EUR). (Revisionen, hrsg. v. Fotis Jannidis u. a., 3). In englischer Sprache. Mit Beiträgen von Henriette Heidbrink, Maria E. Reicher, Patrick Colm Hogan, Alan Palmer, Jonathan Culpeper, Simone Winko, Murray Smith, Jörg Schweinitz u. a.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Characters in Fictional Worlds. Understanding imaginary beings in literature, film, and other media.
• Publisher: Berlin, de Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110232413
• ISBN 13: 9783110232417
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literatur, Musik und Kunst - Literature, Music ...

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Synopsis

Although fictional characters have long dominated the reception of literature, films, television programs, comics, and other media products, only recently have they begun to attract their due attention in literary and media theory. The book systematically surveys today´s diverse and at times conflicting theoretical perspectives on fictional character, spanning research on topics such as the differences between fictional characters and real persons, the ontological status of characters, the strategies of their representation and characterization, the psychology of their reception, as well as their specific forms and constellations in - and across - different media, from the book to the internet.

About the Authors

Jens Eder, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz; Fotis Jannidis, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg; Ralf Schneider, Universität Bielefeld.