The one vs. the many : minor characters and the space of the protagonist in the novel
09 Feb 2009-
About: The article was published on 2009-02-09. It has received 315 citations till now.
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01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: The Terms of our Connection: Affiliation and Difference in the Post-1960 North American Novel as discussed by the authors is a collection of essays about the North American novel and its relation to the post-1960 literature.
Abstract: The Terms of our Connection: Affiliation and Difference in the Post-1960 North American Novel
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TL;DR: A directed dynamic measure of relative character importance based on character interactions is suggested and illustrated through an examination of gender in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, finding that the measure helps illuminate important narrative dynamics which cannot be captured by static measures.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors draw inspiration from philosopher Arthur Danto's reflections on the end (rather than the death) of art to argue that the contemporary novel persists in spite of the demise of the genre's historical mandate.
Abstract: The novel genre has by now survived multiple declarations of its supposed death. This chapter draws inspiration from philosopher Arthur Danto’s reflections on the end (rather than the death) of art to argue that the contemporary novel persists in spite of the demise of the genre’s historical mandate. This disenfranchisement paradoxically liberates the novel to imagine different forms of life, and even to leverage its self-reflexive potential to engage nonhuman forms of life. Examples from the work of Tom McCarthy, J. M. Ledgard, and Don DeLillo illustrate contemporary fiction’s combination of self-reflexive innovation and a willingness to engage lives beyond the traditional individual liberal subject.
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