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Writing About Characters

Writing About Characters is a scholarly construct within descriptive writing that specifically involves the systematic representation and analysis of fictional or real individuals in narrative texts through detailed portrayal of their attributes, behaviors, and relational dynamics to convey deeper thematic or psychological insights.

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2017–2026

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Publications

45

Living to Tell about It: A Rhetoric and Ethics of Character Narration (review)

Pekka Tammi · Partial Answers Journal of Literature and the History of Ideas · 2005 · 228 citations

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Speaking of Fictional Characters

Amie L. Thomasson · dialectica · 2003 · 161 citations

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Character: three inquiries in literary studies

Naomi Michalowicz · Textual Practice · 2019 · 133 citations

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Building Character through Literacy with Children's Literature.

Gina M. Almerico · Research in higher education journal · 2014 · 130 citations

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The Illusion of Independent Agency: Do Adult Fiction Writers Experience Their Characters as Having Minds of Their Own?

Marjorie Taylor, Sara D. Hodges, Adèle Kohányi · Imagination Cognition and Personality · 2003 · 121 citations

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Authors

72

  1. MA
    Mary Ann O’Farrell

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  2. WW
    Winarno Winarno

    Universitas Islam Negeri Palangka Raya, Indonesia

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. DP
    David Pollard

    Abertay University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  4. CS
    Carrie Sickmann Han

    Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, United States

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  5. GJ
    Gerald J. Brunetti

    Saint Mary's College of California, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

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Institutions

36

  1. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    181 citations

  2. Capital Normal University

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  3. University of Minnesota System

    Minneapolis, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  4. University of Oregon

    Eugene, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    363 citations

  5. Queen's University Belfast

    Belfast, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  6. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  7. Yahoo (United Kingdom)

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    49 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 175 citations

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  2. Textual Practice

    TP · 2 publications · 147 citations

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  4. The Reading Teacher

    RT · 2 publications · 47 citations

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  5. Research in higher education journal

    RHEJ · 1 publications · 130 citations

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