SOC 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Herman Melville, Nippers, Close Reading
2 Oct 2017
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Bartleby the scrivener: a story of wall street by herman melville. Close reading as an interpretive kill- we need to use close reading tools (like characterization) to create our own critical analysis of texts. In its most general literary sense, a character is a figure in a narrative. Characterization refers to the various means by which an author describes and develops characters in a literary work: direct characterization; (cid:449)he(cid:374) a(cid:374) author"s e(cid:454)pli(cid:272)itl(cid:455) tells us (cid:449)hat the (cid:272)hara(cid:272)ter is like. Indirect characterization; sets forth characters through representation of their thoughts, actions (author shows us what the character is like) Nippers, turkey are described as direct characterization. The protagonist is often in primary conflict with another character lawyer: antagonist is the character pitted against the protagonist. An evil or cruel antagonist is a villain; however, an antagonist is not necessarily a villain bartleby. Some questions to ask when thinking about character/characterization:
