The Status of Historical Characters in Drama: Ontological, Aesthetic, and Verisimilar
Using the depictions of Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in Frayn's Copenhagen as touchstones, the paper explores the ontological status of historical characters in drama. It argues that fictional characters, whether or not based on historical individuals, inhabit a fictional realm and may, for...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repositorio: | Letras de Hoje (Online) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/29158 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/fale/article/view/29158 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Historical characters Drama Michael Frayn Personagens históricos |
| Sumario: | Using the depictions of Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in Frayn's Copenhagen as touchstones, the paper explores the ontological status of historical characters in drama. It argues that fictional characters, whether or not based on historical individuals, inhabit a fictional realm and may, for a number of reasons, diverge considerably from their real world counterparts. |
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