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This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total. Lists of fictional characters by species (5 C, 8 P) Lists of fictional characters by organization (2 C, 6 P) Lists of fictional characters by genre (3 C) Lists of fictional characters by medium (14 C) Lists of fictional characters by nationality (3 C, 5 P)
Lists of book characters. List of recurring Albert Campion characters. List of Alex Rider characters. List of minor characters in the Alice series. List of Amelia Peabody characters. List of Angels & Demons characters. List of minor Animorphs characters. List of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter characters.
It ranked #11 on the American Library Association list of the most challenged books of the 1990s, [5] ranked #23 in the 2000s, [6] and ranked #61 in the 2010s. [7] The novel is the first in a loose quartet of novels known as The Giver Quartet, with three subsequent books set in the same universe: Gathering Blue (2000), Messenger (2004), and Son ...
A narrative technique (also, in fiction, a fictional device) is any of several specific methods the creator of a narrative uses [ 1] —in other words, a strategy applied in the delivering of a narrative to relay information to the audience and to make the narrative more complete, complex, or engaging. Some scholars also call such a technique a ...
1819. " Rip Van Winkle " ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɪp fɑɱ ˈʋɪŋkəl]) is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their strong liquor and falls deeply asleep in the Catskill Mountains.
A leitmotif or Leitmotiv[ 1 ] ( / ˌlaɪtmoʊˈtiːf /) is a "short, recurring musical phrase " [ 2 ] associated with a particular person, place, or idea. It is closely related to the musical concepts of idée fixe or motto-theme. [ 2 ] The spelling leitmotif is a partial anglicization of the German Leitmotiv ( IPA: [ˈlaɪtmoˌtiːf ...
Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór. The Daltons (Lucky Luke) Deer Squad. Dracozolt, Arctozolt, Dracovish, and Arctovish. The Dream Team (1989 film) Drinking Buddies.
The essence of fictional music is usually to convince the recipient that he could experience it in the real world. It often has a diegetic character. Depending on a work, it can be serious, but it can also take on a playful and parodic character (e.g. in concert from the 1964 film The World of Henry Orient).