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In literary criticism, a bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn], plural bildungsromane, German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːnə]) is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood (coming of age), [1] in which character change is important.
A character arc is the transformation or inner journey [1] of a character over the course of a story. If a story has a character arc, the character begins as one sort of person and gradually transforms into a different sort of person in response to changing developments in the story.
The term character development is sometimes used as a synonym. This representation may include direct methods like the attribution of qualities in description or commentary, and indirect (or "dramatic") methods inviting readers to infer qualities from characters' actions , dialogue , or appearance.
A Mary Sue is a type of fictional character, usually a young woman, who is portrayed as free of weaknesses or character flaws. [1] The character type has acquired a pejorative reputation in fan communities, [2] [3] [4] with the label "Mary Sue" often applied to any heroine who is considered to be unrealistically capable.
Character creation, especially for games Experience point (character advancement), increase in scores and other changes of a game character; for example, in role-playing video games Moral character , a term used in many educational systems to indicate a strategy for the maturation of individual students
In television, a regular, main or ongoing character is a character who appears in all or a majority of episodes, or in a significant chain of episodes of the series. [22] Regular characters may be both core and secondary ones. A recurring character or supporting character often and frequently appears from time to time during the series' run. [23]
In literature, the deuteragonist (/ ˌ dj uː t ə ˈ r æ ɡ ə n ɪ s t / DEW-tə-RAG-ə-nist; from Ancient Greek δευτεραγωνιστής (deuteragōnistḗs) 'second actor') or secondary main character [1] is the second most important character of a narrative, after the protagonist and before the tritagonist. [2]
The Three Character Classic (Chinese: 三字经, 三字經), commonly known as San Zi Jing, [1] also translated as Trimetric Classic, [2] is one of the Chinese classic texts. It was probably written in the 13th century and is mainly attributed to Wang Yinglin (王應麟, 1223–1296) during the Song dynasty .