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The one vs. the many : minor characters and the space of the protagonist in the novel
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Willful Parts: Problem Characters or the Problem of Character
TL;DR: This paper explored how some characters become "willful parts" when they do not align their will with the moral and general will, and suggested that when willfulness is reclaimed, it exceeds the very system of characterization, even when it appears to fulfill a set of expectations of what is behind an action.
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The Cambridge Introduction to the Novel
TL;DR: This review concludes Glossary of the novel, Don Quixote, which aims to explain why the novel matters and what can be done to improve the quality of the manuscript.
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The Bechdel Test and the Social Form of Character Networks
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the Bechdel Test in terms of social network analysis within fictional narratives and argue that this form of vernacular criticism arrives at a productive convergence with contemporary academic critical methodologies in surface and postcritical reading practices, and digital humanities, on the other.
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Realism in the Twentieth-Century Indian Novel: Colonial Difference and Literary Form
TL;DR: Anwar et al. as mentioned in this paper argued that realism in the colony functioned as a mode of experimentation and aesthetic innovation, not merely as mimesis of the real world, and used realist techniques to imagine alternate worlds, to invent new subjectivities and relationships with the Indian nation and to question some of the most entrenched values of modernity.
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Frankenstein; or, the Modern Protagonist
TL;DR: The authors argue that the creature's exceptional status is due largely to his prowess as a narrator of other characters' points of view, and that it is only the creature whose sustains an intimate, internally focalized engagement with another character's interiority.