“An Insatiable Market” For Minor Characters

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Rosen
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Literary Canon ◽  
Genre Fiction ◽  
Minor Characters ◽  
Global Publishing ◽  
Minor Character ◽  
Identity Groups ◽  
The Prestige

Argues that minor-character elaboration has flourished because it serves the strategic needs of producers in the consolidated global publishing industry. Genre fiction appeals to large-scale publishers because it minimizes risk by deploying proven formulae and aiming at established audiences. Minor-character elaboration adds to this several particular qualities. It allows producers to annex the prestige of the traditional literary canon while assimilating the perspectives of female and minority subjects, and so appeal to an educated, well-read demographic, as well as identity-groups that are reconceived as target publics.

Minor Characters Have Their Day

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Rosen
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Formal Analysis ◽  
Contemporary Fiction ◽  
Sargasso Sea ◽  
Niche Markets ◽  
Minor Characters ◽  
Wide Sargasso Sea ◽  
Minor Character

How do genres develop? In what ways do they reflect changing political and cultural trends? What do they tell us about the motivations of publishers and readers? Combining close readings and formal analysis with a sociology of literary institutions and markets, Minor Characters Have Their Day offers a compelling new approach to genre study and contemporary fiction. Focusing on the booming genre of books that transform minor characters from canonical literary texts into the protagonists of new works, Jeremy Rosen makes broader claims about the state of contemporary fiction, the strategies of the publishing industry over recent decades, and the function of literary characters. Rosen traces the recent surge in “minor-character elaboration” to the late 1960s and works such as Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea and Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. These early examples often recover the voices of marginalized individuals and groups. As the genre has exploded between the 1980s and the present, with novels about Ahab’s wife, Huck Finn’s father, and Mr. Dalloway, it has begun to embody the neoliberal commitments of subjective experience, individual expression, and agency. Eventually, large-scale publishers capitalized on the genre as a way to appeal to educated audiences aware of the prestige of the classics and to draw in identity-based niche markets. Rosen’s conclusion ties the understudied evolution of minor-character elaboration to the theory of literary character.

The lame man at the pool of Bethesda: Christological and doxological significance of characterisation in John 5

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Hahn ◽  
Ernest Van Eck
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
Minor Characters ◽  
Theological Perspective ◽  
God The Father ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Significant Attention ◽  
Minor Character ◽  
God's Work

In any research of the biblical themes in Scriptures, the exegete must exercise discipline in strictly adhering to an exegetical process wherein the text is permitted to speak for itself in the context of the passage. This article therefore explored the literary traits and analysed characterisations in the story of the lame man at the pool of Bethesda as portrayed in John 5 through a ‘narratological and exegetical’ approach, considering literary, social, cultural and historical criticism with significant attention given to the text of the author or narrator. It is very important to know the author’s theological viewpoint as seen in the characterisation of an anonymous character in the related gospel narrative, because it may be easily be overlooked due to the lack of attention for a minor character. The author’s theological point of view is revealed in the characterisation of the lame man, the Jewish religious leaders, and of Jesus. Although the lame man himself is generally regarded as one of the ‘minor characters’ who appears in the gospel, the narrative of the lame man’s healing is an important part of John’s Christology and doxology, establishing Jesus as the Son whom God the Father sent to do God’s work not for his own glory, but for the glory of God the Father. An analysis is undertaken of the literary traits and various characterisations evident in the seven scenes of John 5’s account of the healing of the lame man, comparing him with other minor characters in John 4 and 9 who were healed.Contribution: In this article a narratological and exegetical approach is employed to identify the Christological and doxological significances in John 5 by exploring the literary traits of the narrative point of view and character presentation through the theological perspective of the narrator.

“Still There”: (Dis)engaging with Dickens's Minor Characters

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-212
Author(s):  
Kristen H. Starkowski
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Narrative Theory ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
Minor Characters ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Minor Character

Abstract More can be done in minor character studies to account for the strong sense of being that emerges at the edges of the nineteenth-century novel. By pairing traditional readings of the minor character in narrative theory with sociologist Erving Goffman's writings on disengagement, this article offers a different perspective on the competition for narrative attention as we know it. For example, when disengagement is taken into account, Alex Woloch's losers in the competition for narrative attention become winners in the formulation of a fulfilling social life. Dickens's minor characters take part in central spaces while not being contained by them. Their distance from main scenes and settings, captured in passing by a gaze that has no interest in registering these elsewheres in any level of depth, has the effect of making minor characters appear strange, memorable, or other, even though their worlds are quite rich. But Dickens's minor characters define the ingenuity of counterintuition, pointing toward a suppressed energy that belies the flatness of a minor character. Drawn with care, these characters build alternative, codependent ways of surviving on the edges of the characterological field.

The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and Man Booker International Prize Merger

LOGOS ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-24
Author(s):  
Melanie Ramdarshan Bold ◽  
Corinna Norrick-Rühl
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
English Language ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Book Trade ◽  
Global Publishing ◽  
The Uk

There is a dramatic imbalance of cultural output in the global publishing industry. English-language publishers are disinclined to translate and publish foreign language books as a result of the popularity of English-language books and the high costs of translation. Three per cent is the oft-quoted number that indicates that foreign fiction in translation makes up only a minimal part of the UK book trade. This lack of bibliodiversity may have serious cultural consequences. There are thus several national and international initiatives to promote the publication and cultural capital of works in translation in order to reach a wider audience. Book prizes are generally understood to have a positive impact on the discoverability of a title and consequent sales; winning authors, as well as those on the longlist and shortlist of prestigious prizes, can expect a significant boost in sales of the books in question. But in a culture where translated foreign fiction titles represent only a small percentage of books published, does this phenomenon extend to prizes for translated foreign fiction? This paper explores the—audience-building and sales-generating—impact of the UK’s most prestigious award for literature in translation, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (IFFP), in particular in light of the prize’s recent merger with the Man Booker International Prize (MBIP), and speculates whether this may help with the ‘three per cent problem’.

scholarly journals Theorizing the Value of English Proficiency in Cross-Cultural Rhetorics of Health and Medicine

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Koerber ◽  
Hilary Graham
Keyword(s):  
Publishing Industry ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Rhetorical Strategies ◽  
Cultural Rhetorics ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Global Publishing ◽  
Practical Implications

This study reports the results of 12 recent interviews with nonnative-English-speaking (NNES) authors who have conducted research and written articles on health and medical subjects. Analyzing the interview transcripts through the theoretical lens of Pierre Bourdieu’s forms of capital, this study expands on previous research by offering a more precise and theoretically grounded understanding of how NNES authors perceive the value of English proficiency in relation to their success as scientific researchers. This theorization of the varying ways in which authors perceive the value of English proficiency affords new perspectives on the inequities that NNES authors encounter in the global publishing economy and their rhetorical strategies for overcoming these inequities. The study concludes by reflecting on theoretical and practical implications for researchers, teachers, and other stakeholders in the global publishing industry.

scholarly journals The Analysis Of Moral Value And Character In Novel “Negeri 5 Menara” By Ahmad Fuadi

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asrul Hasby ◽  
M. Jagat Islami
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Moral Value ◽  
Minor Characters ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Minor Character

This research is descriptive method. By employing descriptive method, this research was trying to present an analysis of moral value and character  in novel Negeri 5 Menara novel by Ahmad Fuadi. Most of the data taken from books and internet references. It aims at finding out the differences between the major character and the minor character and the moral value. This study is structural analysis by employing descriptive method approach. This research is expected to be able to identify the specific differences between the major character and the minor character and the moral value. Hopefully the writer is able to identify some differences of the major and minor characters and find the moral value of the novel. As the result of this research we can identify some character differences. In factual, the major character and the minor character are found in Negeri 5 Menara novel, but they have some differences themselves. And also the moral value is found. There were six major characters as the protagonist that were grouped into “Sahibul Menara”. They were Alif Fikri, Raja Lubis, Said Jufri, Dulmajid, Atang Yunus, and Baso Salahuddin. The other characters in the novel were minor characters, such as Ayah, Amak, Kiai Rais, Ustad Salman, and Tyson. The differences between the major characters and the minor characters in the novel were the major characters that took some important role in the story and the minor characters who did not take important role. The minor characters appeared only to support the major characters even though the minor characters showed up some times. The moral values which could be taken from the novel “Negeri 5 Menara” were sincerity, patience, honesty, and leadership as characterized in the novel. Finally the writer suggests to readers especially English literature students to conduct more research for understanding the analysis of protagonist character.

Publishing History

2019 ◽  
pp. 19-37
Author(s):  
Alistair McCleery
Keyword(s):  
Book History ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Material Object ◽  
Book Production ◽  
Publishing History ◽  
Publishing Process ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Global Publishing ◽  
Insight Into

The now established academic field of book history places an orthodox emphasis on the book as a material object, as a focus of diverse transactions, and as a social phenomenon. The role of the publisher has been relegated to the contributions of a few named individuals, often within a narrow eurocentric context, that highlight those individuals’ efficiency in book production and diminish the collective nature of the publishing process. A fresh approach to publishing history instead stresses the movement from the role of skilled reproduction houses, through trading in the copyright inherent in books, to the exploitation of content rights across a range of media. Such an approach provides a keener historical insight into the structures and operations of the contemporary global publishing industry.

Na–K–Li geochemistry of the Prestige pluton in the Slave Province of the Canadian Shield

1982 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 540-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Kretz ◽  
Diane Garrett ◽  
Robert G. Garrett
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Country Rock ◽  
Biotite Granite ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Slave Province ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
Western Half ◽  
The Prestige

In the southwestern Slave Province (Canadian Precambrian Shield), a cluster of 14 muscovite–biotite granite plutons dated at about 2.6 × 109 years was emplaced into a thick succession of Archean greenstone, graywacke, and argillite known as the Yellowknife Supergroup. One of the medium-sized plutons (the Prestige pluton), with an outcrop area of 14 km2, consists of equal portions of quartz, plagioclase, and potash feldspar, and minor muscovite, biotite, and apatite. The presence of muscovite, andalusite, and sillimanite in the metamorphic aureole indicates that the pluton was emplaced at a depth of about 9 km (2.5 kbar (250 MPa)) and a temperature of about 600 °C. The texture is complex, as shown especially by muscovite, which occurs as large crystals, as small oriented inclusions in plagioclase, and as fine-grained aggregates along grain boundaries.The mean density of the Prestige granite is 2.641 g cm−3, which is less than that of the country rock by a factor of 0.96. The mean alkali content is 2.5 wt.% Na, 4.3 wt.% K, and 700 ppm Li (80 samples). Na and K are normally distributed; Li is strongly skewed. Analysis of variance shows that 50–80% of the element variability occurs on a small scale (within 0.25 km2 cells). Some of this variability was possibly produced by chemical transport reactions such as:[Formula: see text]which may also account for some of the textural complexity.Large-scale trends within the Prestige pluton could be detected for K and Li but not for Na. Thus the western half is relatively poor in K, and the narrow margin of the pluton is relatively rich in Li. These trends may be attributed to inhomogeneity within the granite prior to emplacement or to a large-scale migration of alkalies that occurred during the formation of the associated pegmatite dikes.Virtually all of the physical and chemical data that are available for the Prestige pluton are consistent with a model that supposes the granite body was in a totally crystalline, but plastic, condition while it migrated to higher crustal levels, in response to buoyant forces.

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