Dynamism of Character in Shakespeare's Mature TragediesUniversity of Delaware Press, 2003 - 327 pagina's Dynamism of Character in Shakespeare's Mature Tragedies applies the systems theory of character to the analysis of the psychological and dramatic consistency of the main characters of Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. The theory considers human behavior in terms of functional equilibrium between the stable properties of the mind, independent of the pressures of the sociocultural environment and the immediate situational context. What we call character thus denotes an autonomous configuration of psychological elements, which ensure the consistency and continuity of individual identity, despite the influence of the changing external circumstances. intuitive, and impressionistic approaches to character criticism, to the New Critical aesthetic readings of Shakespeare's plays which often ignore psychology as a valid interpretive perspective, and to the more recent cultural materialist readings that consider dramatic characters solely as functions of external, sociocultural forces. Piotr Sadowski teaches English literature at the American College Dublin, Dublin Business School, and Trinity College Dublin. |
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... . 5. Psychology in literature . 6. Tragedy . I. Title . PR2983.S23 2003 822.3'3 - dc21 2003007850 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Contents Preface Introduction : Shakespeare and Character Criticism 1. Toward.
... . 5. Psychology in literature . 6. Tragedy . I. Title . PR2983.S23 2003 822.3'3 - dc21 2003007850 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Contents Preface Introduction : Shakespeare and Character Criticism 1. Toward.
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... . Dynamism of Character 3. Characters in Action 4. Hamlet 5. Othello 6. King Lear 7. Macbeth Notes Bibliography Index 7 13 26 49 81 98 164 219 273 300 318 324 Preface CHARACTER CRITICISM IS RATHER UNFASHIONABLE AT PRESENT , AND 5.
... . Dynamism of Character 3. Characters in Action 4. Hamlet 5. Othello 6. King Lear 7. Macbeth Notes Bibliography Index 7 13 26 49 81 98 164 219 273 300 318 324 Preface CHARACTER CRITICISM IS RATHER UNFASHIONABLE AT PRESENT , AND 5.
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... criticism conducted over several centuries at least since Dr. Johnson , full of insight and wis- dom as it was , can ... critics relying as much on their common and moral sense , their sensitivity , intuition , intellectual temperament ...
... criticism conducted over several centuries at least since Dr. Johnson , full of insight and wis- dom as it was , can ... critics relying as much on their common and moral sense , their sensitivity , intuition , intellectual temperament ...
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... critic's open mind inter- acting with the literary text , where the " open mind " refers to the more or less subjective ... critics decide in advance what any particular lit- erary text will say to them , and they leave the text with no ...
... critic's open mind inter- acting with the literary text , where the " open mind " refers to the more or less subjective ... critics decide in advance what any particular lit- erary text will say to them , and they leave the text with no ...
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... criticism , so that , for example , A. C. Bradley's admiring view of Othello as a noble individual and F. R. Leavis's criticism of the Moor as an obtuse and brutal egotist remain equally valid , solely dependent as they are on the critics ...
... criticism , so that , for example , A. C. Bradley's admiring view of Othello as a noble individual and F. R. Leavis's criticism of the Moor as an obtuse and brutal egotist remain equally valid , solely dependent as they are on the critics ...
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Toward Systems Theory of Character | 26 |
Dynamism of Character | 49 |
Characters in Action | 81 |
Hamlet | 98 |
Othello | 164 |
King Lear | 219 |
Macbeth | 273 |
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