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The term characterization was introduced in the 19th century. [3] Aristotle promoted the primacy of plot over characters, that is, a plot-driven narrative, arguing in his Poetics that tragedy "is a representation, not of men, but of action and life."
The lands through which the characters travel represent philosophical systems or states of mind as the main character, Maskull, searches for the meaning of life. The book combines fantasy, philosophy, and science fiction in an exploration of the nature of good and evil and their relationship with existence.
Oblomov (Russian: Обломов, pronounced [ɐˈbloməf]) is the second novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859.Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is the central character of the novel, portrayed as the ultimate incarnation of the superfluous man, a symbolic character in 19th-century Russian literature.
The titular character in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner [6] Andrei Bolkonsky in Leo Tolstoy's novel, War and Peace [7] Ponyboy Curtis in S.E. Hinton's novel, The Outsiders [6] Edmond Dantès in Alexandre Dumas (père)'s adventure novel, The Count of Monte Cristo [8] Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen's novel, Pride and ...
The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by American author J. D. Salinger that was partially published in serial form in 1945–46 before being novelized in 1951. Originally intended for adults, it is often read by adolescents for its themes of angst and alienation, and as a critique of superficiality in society.
Franklin Evans; or The Inebriate: A Tale of the Times, the first novel written by Walt Whitman, is the rags-to-riches story of Franklin Evans.Franklin Evans starts as an innocent young man, leaving Long Island to come to New York City for the opportunity to better himself.
Catch-22 is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller.It is his debut novel.He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published in 1961. Often cited as one of the most significant novels of the twentieth century, [3] it uses a distinctive non-chronological third-person omniscient narration, describing events from the points of view of different characters.
In 1991, the novel was praised in The New York Review of Books by literary critic, Alfred Kazin: "Call It Sleep is the most profound novel of Jewish life that I have ever read by an American. It is a work of high art, written with the full resources of modernism, which subtly interweaves an account of the worlds of the city gutter and the ...