7 Feb 2006
Roberts on Character
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/mt/mt-tb.cgi/5512
Excerpt: Roberts on Character -- Jerz: American Lit II (EL 267) "When authors bring characters into focus, however, no matter what roles they perform, the characters move into roundness." Thes whole concept of flat and round characters, and especially this sent...
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Excerpt: Roberts on Character -- Jerz: American Lit II (EL 267) "Often characters are unaware of the meanings and implications of their actions."...
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Excerpt: Roberts on Character -- Jerz: American Lit II (EL 267) What characters do is our best clue to understanding what they are. I love it when writers leave it up to the reader to determine the truth about a character,...
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Excerpt: Roberts on Character -- Jerz: American Lit II (EL 267) "Characters in fiction should be true to life." When I read a novel, I expect the characters to act as I would. Therefore, I understand what Roberts is saying. A...
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Excerpt: Roberts on Character -- Jerz: American Lit II (EL 267) "But when authors bring characters into focus, no matter what roles they perform, the characters emerge from flatness into roundness." In quite a huge way, isn't this what literature really...
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I never knew there was so much dealing with character. There are traits, round, flat, dynamic, stock, representative.....there was alot that i learned on writing about a character.
Posted by: Shawn Schoolden at February 5, 2006 11:37 PMRoberts: Reality and Probability: Verisimilitude: "Characters in fiction are to be true to life. Meaning their actions, statements,thoughts must all be what human beings are likely to do, say,think,under the conditions presented into the literary work"
My thoughts on this is that this is true. When I read a book, poem or passage, I like to hear what the author is saying but I also want the truth, and what would they say in a real life situation. I like this passage out of chapter three the most.
Posted by: LisaRandolph at February 6, 2006 02:10 AMI never knew there was so much dealing with character. There are traits, round, flat, dynamic, stock, representative.....there was alot that i learned on writing about a character.
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