Fictional Characters in Literary and Media Studies

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Content VII
3. Introduction
4. Characters in Fictional Worlds 3
5. I General Topics
6. Fictional Characters in Literary and Media Studies 67
7. The Ontology of Fictional Characters 111
8. Characters and Their Plots 134
9. II Characters and Characterisation in Different Media
10. Social Minds in Persuasion 157
11. Activity Types and Characterisation in Dramatic Discourse 176
12. On the Constitution of Characters in Poetry 208
13. Engaging Characters: Further Reflections 232
14. Implications of Paradoxical Film Characters for Our Models and Conceptualizations 259
15. Stereotypes and the Narratological Analysis of Film Characters 276
16. A ›Bizarre Love Triangle‹ 290
17. Characters in Comic Books 318
18. Modeling Human-Character Interactionsin Virtual Space 329
19. III Characters and Their Audiences
20. A Moment-by-Moment Perspective on Readers’ Experiences of Characters 357
21. Scenarios, Characters’ Roles and Plot Status 377
22. From Predicates to People like Us 400
23. Objects of ›Empathy‹ 416
24. Parasocial Relationships 442
25. IV Characters, Culture, Identity
26. Multiple Protagonist Films 459
27. Ethnic Stereotypes as Elements of Character Formation 478
28. The Gender(ing) of Fictional Characters 506
29. V Transtextual and Transmedial Characters
30. Transtextual Characters 527
31. Cenerentola Risen from the Ashes 542
32. Backmatter 569