characterization
When characterizing the representation of a person referred to in narrative contexts. If this person is fictional , it is a fictional or literary character .
This process is also known as character portrayal and has been used since the 18th century; Before the Enlightenment , characterizations are very rare in European literature, as figures are previously described primarily as ideals or types . In return, the use of characterization also serves as an allusion, to round off a character or to represent a character development. Here, on characteristics of a person noted that relevant information relevant for assessing their nature, their intentions or their history, to describe directly without this.
These aspects can be:
- Appearance (gender, age, physique, appearance (ears, mouth, nose), clothing)
- social situation (job, social position, social relationships)
- External behavior (idiosyncrasies, habits, behavior and actions, language and ways of speaking)
- psychological behavior (interests, problems, feelings, ways of thinking, attitudes, drive directions, problem orientations, type direction)
- social condition and effect (to what extent is external and psychological behavior socially conditioned? how does it affect the environment?)
- emotional and social relationships (how people treat each other)
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