Name: Character in Fiction and Fiction in Character
Creator: Francis Baudry
Keywords: Character, Literature, Modern, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Psychoanalytic Theory, 05 social sciences, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Fantasy, Psychoanalytic Interpretation

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 1990 English Publisher:Informa UK LimitedJournal:The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, volume 59, pages 370-397 (issn: 0033-2828, eissn: 2167-4086,

Authors: Francis Baudry;

doi: 10.1080/21674086.1990.11927277

pmid: 2399287

Character in Fiction and Fiction in Character

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This paper examines the concept of fictional character from a psychoanalytic point of view, including its synthesis and the role of reader response. A second section takes up the role of fiction in the development of character.

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Character, Literature, Modern, Psychoanalytic Theory, Humans, Fantasy, Psychoanalytic Interpretation

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