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List of fictional antiheroes. This list is for characters in fictional works who exemplify the qualities of an antihero —a protagonist or supporting character whose characteristics include the following: imperfections that separate them from typically heroic characters (such as selfishness, cynicism, ignorance, and bigotry); [ 1 ]
Anansi - The spider trickster of African origin. He considers himself cunning enough to trick and outwit anyone, but is also proud, lazy and impulsive, which often proves his undoing. Azeban - "the Raccoon," a trickster spirit in Abenaki mythology. [3] Br'er Rabbit - A slave trickster of African American origin.
Notable orphans and foundlings include world leaders, celebrated writers, entertainment greats, figures in science and business, as well as innumerable fictional characters in literature and comics. While the exact definition of orphan and foundlings varies, one legal definition is a child bereft through "death or disappearance of, abandonment ...
Inspector Rebus – created by Ian Rankin. Dave Robicheaux – created by James Lee Burke. Inspector Simon Serrailler – created by Susan Hill. Detective Inspector Luke Thanet – created by Dorothy Simpson. Thomson and Thompson – from The Adventures of Tintin, created by Hergé. Dick Tracy – created by Chester Gould.
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories built around a frame tale, a common and already long established genre in this period. Chaucer's Tales differs from most other story "collections" in this genre chiefly in its intense variation. Most story collections focused on a theme, usually a religious one.
Medieval literature is a broad subject, encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages (that is, the one thousand years from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ca. AD 500 to the beginning of the Renaissance in the 14th, 15th or 16th century, depending on country). The literature of this time ...
v. t. e. The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment or education to the reader, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pieces. Not all writings constitute literature.
Chronicles contained a range of historical and literary accounts, and a notable example is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. [14] The poem Battle of Maldon also deals with history. This is the name given to a work, of uncertain date, celebrating the real Battle of Maldon of 991, at which the Anglo-Saxons failed to prevent a Viking invasion. [9]: 369