Effective Protagonist in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel
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ANIMUS POSSESSION
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Author_Terence Dawson
Basil Hallward
British literary tradition
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CW 9i
Developmental School
dorian
Dorian Gray
Draw Back
Effective Protagonist
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gender and literature
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heights
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Inferior Function
Introverted Sensation Type
Lockwood's Dream
Lockwood’s Dream
minor character studies
misplaced
Misplaced Attachment
Mr Heathcliff
narrative structure analysis
Nelly's Story
Nelly’s Story
nineteenth-century novel protagonist analysis
Obvious Hero
Personal Unconscious
possession
post-Jungian criticism
psychological typology
Puella Aeterna
Puer Aeternus
Saxon Monarchy
Vice Versa
William Dane
wuthering
Wuthering Heights
Young Heathcliff
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780754641353
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 25 Nov 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Effective Protagonist in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel is an experiment in post-Jungian literary criticism and methodology. Its primary aim is to challenge current views about the correlation between narrative structure, gender, and the governing psychological dilemma in four nineteenth-century British novels. The overarching argument is that the opening situation in a novel represents an implicit challenge facing not the obvious hero/heroine but the individual that Terence Dawson defines as the "effective protagonist." To illustrate his claim, Dawson pairs two sets of novels with unexpectedly comparable dilemmas: Ivanhoe with The Picture of Dorian Gray and Wuthering Heights with Silas Marner. In all four novels, the effective protagonist is an apparently minor figure whose crucial function in the ordering of the events has been overlooked. Rereading these well-known texts in relation to hitherto neglected characters uncovers startling new issues at their heart and demonstrates innovative ways of exploring both narrative and literary tradition.
Terence Dawson, NTU, Singapore
