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Brevi note su povertà e ricchezza di Karl May, il Salgari tedesco
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2006)
Karl May was born in utter poverty and spent some extremely difficult years in his youth, even ending up in jail. His talent, however, allowed him to escape this situation. His adventure novels earned him a fortune. Upon ...
Les Fictions à épisodes télévisuelles: Quelle place pour les personnages secondaires face aux héros multiples?
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2006)
Characters in TV serials are less and less alone. This phenomenon of the "multiple hero" is not new. One can therefore wonder whether secondary characters still have a role to play in this system. The analysis of three ...
Seconds rôles, duos et trios dans l'oeuvre romanesque de Jules Verne
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2006)
In Jules Verne's works, the hero is never alone, not even when he seeks solitude. Various novels presenting a search theme feature an entire team of characters. This is partly dictated by the genre itself of the "imaginary ...
Lily et James Potter, ou les visages morcelés de l'unité perdue
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2006)
In Harry Potter, the multiplicity of secondary characters supports the hero's identity quest and mirrors the tight logic of J. K. Rowling's universe. First of all, one must go beyond the superficial opposition between ...
Le Capitaine Haddock, ou l'irruption de l'humanité dans Les Aventures de Tintin
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2006)
Did Captain Haddock's arrival on the scene slowly change the status of Tintin's adventures? In Les Bijoux de la Castafiore and Tintin et les Picaros, the sidekick steps up to the front row, likely because it's easier for ...
Quand le cow boy n'est plus solitaire: Profil et fonction diégétique de la partenaire féminine dans quelques séries policières de la télévision: Rick Hunter, Law and Order: Criminal Intent et Crime Scene Investigation
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2006)
This article deals with a specific relation within TV productions: that between the principal investigator and his assistant in detective serials. This grouping of two characters often of the opposite sex offers an interesting ...