Characters in Film and Other Media

<p>Characters are of crucial importance for the creation and experience of films and other media. Their cultural significance can hardly be overestimated but they also raise manifold questions. </p><p></p><p>This book provides a comprehensive theory that guides the analysis and interpretation of characters in four dimensions: as represented beings with physical psychological and social characteristics; as artefacts with aesthetic structures; as meaningful symbols; and as symptoms of socio-cultural origins and effects. Integrating insights from film media and literary studies as well as philosophy psychology and sociology the book offers a variety of means to better understand characters and emotional responses to them. </p><p></p><p>It also contains many practical tools and exemplary studies of numerous characters from different kinds of films. 'Film Characters: Theory Analysis Interpretation' will therefore be of great value to scholars and students of film and media studies and related disciplines as well as artistic practitioners.</p>