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Art as Deception: A Study of Some Fictional Characters of Thomas Mann Andhenry James
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Celluloid heroes: A study of fictional characters in popular film as vehicles for cultural myth
The following study is an examination of three fictional characters from popular film in an attempt to define the role of cultural myth in American society and demonstrate how these myths are distributed through popular culture media. The study will examine the film history of each character, …
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Atheists in the Media: How Public Figures and Fictional Characters Affect Public Perceptions of Atheists
… of television shows with atheist main characters and recognition of real atheists in the public eye revealed no significant links between media habits and attitudes towards religious people or atheists. The study indicates that atheists and religious people may both seek out media …
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The Benefits of Offline Merchandise in Brand Building
… directly associate with developing and utilizing fictional characters. From Pooh and Peter Rabbit to BT21 and League of Legends, characters have proven lasting presences both in profitability and in customer behavior. Much research has covered the commercial implications of such branding, but more …
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Text and Context: Rethinking John Dos Passos, Post-Revolutionary Soviet Filmmakers, and the Modern Novel
… the historical and sociological context for the fictional characters that appear and disappear in the three novels; readers often argue that these elements tend to interrupt and interfere with the narrative flow of the stories. Critics further assert that Dos Passos did nothing new because many …
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Your Self Again: Clones, Originals, and True Selves of Science Fiction
… of identity and characterisation to develop fictional characters in clone narratives. The thesis will engage with the history of cloning, explore the scientific, narratological and philosophical influences on the portrayal of the clone and their original’s identities, and connect theory to …
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Arnwood
… archetypal character development (Vogler, 1998). Fictional characters have been placed into an historical context highlighting events of the First English Civil War from 1647 to 1649. Dialogue, style and plot have been developed in a twenty-first century style to maximize audience appeal. Through …
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Mariama Bâ, eine Autorin zwischen den Welten
… order to approach the life circumstances of the fictional characters. It is demonstrated what influence the chosen factors: Suffering, memory and cultural landscapes have on the characters and how they deal with their individual life paths.
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Solitary Souls: Awakening Responses in American Literature
To develop their inner lives, American fictional characters like Melville's Ishmael, Twain's Huck Finn, and Chopin's Edna Pontellier strive to see themselves accurately in relation to others and to American society in general. During this process of self-definition, these characters frequently …
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Controlled Distance: Internal Character Presentation in Flannery O'Connor's Short Stories
… involves the position from which readers view fictional characters and the worlds they inhabit. In stories like O'Connor's, third-person structures which rely heavily on internal character presentation, the study of narrative distance focuses on techniques used to take the reader inside the …
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Il linguaggio della memoria nel "Cinema di Stato" (2015-2017)
This research analyses the memories of characters from 38 scripts, whose films were released in cinemas during the 2015-2017 film season and received state funding. By analysing the dialogues and flashback scenes that express the memories of the fictional characters in these works, the following …
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Bomb
… is a work of literary fiction focused on two characters who have set out on a road race in a "cursed” automobile. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the concept of the picaresque novel using modern concerns and fears – holding closely to the established traditions of this lineage, but …
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An enterprise for magic, dragons, and Impalas: An evaluation of parasocial interactions and fan discourse in four genre fandom online discussion forums
… fandom and building relationships with fictional characters.
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An enterprise for magic, dragons, and Impalas: An evaluation of parasocial interactions and fan discourse in four genre fandom online discussion forums
… fandom and building relationships with fictional characters.
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One character, one bullet : an investigation of the death of character in contemporary South African television drama and the multiplicity of social self as possible means of character revival
… of story to sustain a viewer’s engagement, and fictional characters are key dramatic vehicles in story construction, yet it remains an area that is severely neglected in terms of both theory and practice at this time in South Africa. I have discovered that the ‘death’ of the South African …
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The Philosophy of Time in Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando, and The Waves
… her personal writing, but by considering her fictional characters as stand-ins for her own experimentation with different theories of time and reality.
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Playing outside the box: cosplay, fandom creativity, and transformative media engagement
… revolves around recreating the appearance of fictional characters in costume. This interdisciplinary project offers a thorough examination of the subject from three separate methodological angles. Practice research, archive research, and qualitative interviews were employed in tandem, shedding …
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Dystopian Cinderellas: "I Follow Him into the Dark"
… in their own lives based on the ways that fictional characters handle conflict. Dystopic narratives extrapolate on the potential sociopolitical consequences of contemporary social issues that adolescents face. In recent years, authors of young adult fiction have proliferated dystopian …
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