CLIL: Speaking of Literature (8) Characters

postać o nieprawdopodobnym nazwisku

an implausibly named character

obsada, bohaterowie

a cast of characters

przerysowany czarny charakter

a black-and-white (or: cartoonish) villain

autentyczna, wiarygodna, dobrze nakreślona postać

a real, believable, well-drawn character

zaangażować się emocjonalnie w losy bohaterów

to be (or: to get) with the characters. Also: to care for the characters.

utrzymywać na raz spojrzenie z dwóch perspektyw

to hold open two perspectives at once

postać z problemami

a troubled character

zmieniać punkt widzenia z jednej postaci na inną

to move between the points of view of a book's characters

co to za postać: "a type"?

a type is a generic, stereotypical character without individuality, a cardboard cutout

co to postać, "a cipher"?

A generic, disposable character the reader is not expected to care about - e.g. one of the first guys to die in a horror story.

co to za postać, "a protagonist"?

The protagonist is the main character (the central or primary personal figure) in a work of fiction. The name suggest an important and active stature within the work (the protagonist usually ends up in conflict with the antagonist).

Co to za postać, "an anti-hero"/"anti-heroine"?

An antihero/antiheroine is a main character designed to have no heroic virtues or qualities - a regular person who blurs the line between hero and villain.

Czym się różnią "flat characters" od "round characters" u E.M. Fostera?

Flat characters are two-dimensional, in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work. By contrast, round characters are complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader.

Co to za postać, "a stock character" albo "a token character"

Stock characters are based on a common literary or social stereotype, and rely on cultural types or names for their personality, manner of speech, and other characteristics. Popular in genre fiction: country bumpkin, whore with a heart of gold, crazy scientist, etc.

Co to jest "a character arc"?

A character arc is the status of the character as it unfolds throughout the story. Characters begin the story with a certain viewpoint and, through events in the story, that viewpoint changes. A character arc usually (though not always) only affects the main character in a story.

wychodzić z roli (zachowywać się w sposób nie pasujący do roli lub postaci)

to break the character