Open AccessCharacters as Works and Versions
Author(s) -
John K. Young
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
textual cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1933-7418
pISSN - 1559-2936
DOI - 10.14434/tc.v14i1.32830
Subject(s) - parallels , narratology , affordance , narrative , character (mathematics) , literature , sociology , epistemology , aesthetics , art , computer science , philosophy , engineering , human–computer interaction , mechanical engineering , geometry , mathematics
The editorial conception of works — as immaterial entities emerging from encounters with material documents or other instantiations — parallels conceptions of characters in narrative studies, which similarly derive from particular textual engagements to produce more general understandings. After surveying a range of examples from 20th- and 21st-century fiction, this essay outlines the affordances of a more editorially informed approach to the concept of character within narratology.