Character and John Fowles's "The French Lieutenant's Woman"

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dc.contributor.advisorAdam, Ian W.
dc.contributor.authorHoeppner, Kenneth
dc.date.accessioned2005-07-19T20:15:42Z
dc.date.available2005-07-19T20:15:42Z
dc.date.issued1973
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 110-114.en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis demonstrates that Fowles's traditional view of the nature and function of characters in the novel, as revealed through his creation of characters in The French Lieutenant's Woman, results in a novel in which the reader's emotional response and his aesthetic response are united in his response to the characters. He responds emotionally because the characters are interesting in their variety and their representativeness of their age while several of the major figures are also individualized and revealed through emotionally intense situations. He responds aesthetically because the interactions of these characters constitute a basis of the form of the novel. Both responses are united in the reaction to the narrator as a character who shares several of his qualities with the other personages but who also gives form and substance to the others and to the novel. Although it is beyond the scope of this thesis to argue that Fowles's success in creating characters through traditional methods marks a return to belief in the significance of the individual character generally upheld in nineteenth century fiction, it is suggested that because of Fowles's success it is not possible to regard the expunging of the individual as one of the inexorable tendencies of modem fiction.
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dc.format.extent114 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier82480865en
dc.identifier.citationHoeppner, K. (1973). Character and John Fowles's "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20098en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/20098
dc.identifier.lccPR 6056 O84 F76 1972 Microfilmen
dc.identifier.other82480865en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/13672
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.subject.lccPR 6056 O84 F76 1972 Microfilmen
dc.subject.lcshFowles, John, 1926- The French Lieutenant's Woman
dc.subject.lcshCharacters and characteristics in literature
dc.titleCharacter and John Fowles's "The French Lieutenant's Woman"
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 175 82480865
ucalgary.thesis.notesPLen
ucalgary.thesis.uarcreleasenoen
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