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===Characters=== | ===Characters=== | ||
| + | Waverley: | ||
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| + | Edward Waverley: | ||
| + | - son of Richard Waverley | ||
| + | - grows up with his uncle Sir Everard and Rachel at Waverley Honour | ||
| + | - spends his youth reading in his uncle’s library Zitat 6 | ||
| + | - lack of “proper” education (Zitat 5) | ||
| + | - romantic and idealistic (Zitat 7) | ||
| + | - innocent to the world | ||
| + | - avoids responsibility and making decisions | ||
| + | - a “mediocre hero”? (Georg Lukács | ||
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| + | Rose Bradwardine: (light heroine) | ||
| + | - daughter of Lowland baron Bradwardine | ||
| + | - shares love for poetry with Edward | ||
| + | - kind, caring, gentle, harmless | ||
| + | - beautiful but not exciting | ||
| + | - Edward marries her in the end | ||
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| + | Flora McIvor: (dark heroine) | ||
| + | - sister of Highland chief Fergus McIvor | ||
| + | - passionate for the cause of Jacobitism | ||
| + | - does not show any interest in Edward except for political reasons | ||
| + | - exotic and beautiful (waterfall scene!) | ||
| + | - intelligent | ||
| + | - Edward is fascinated by her | ||
===Action=== | ===Action=== | ||
Revision as of 22:28, 26 June 2008
This page is currently under construction.
This is a subpage of Historical Novels and deals with the specific topic of textual analysis of the historical novels that are subject of this course. These novels are Waverley by Sir Walter Scott, Tachmas, Prince of Persia by Jean-Regnauld Segrais, Tudor, A Prince of Wales by an anonymous author and Charles Dacres by an anonymous author. There are two other expert groups within this course, Writing of History and Problems of Genre.
Contents
Story-based Analysis
Setting
Characters
Waverley:
Edward Waverley: - son of Richard Waverley - grows up with his uncle Sir Everard and Rachel at Waverley Honour - spends his youth reading in his uncle’s library Zitat 6 - lack of “proper” education (Zitat 5) - romantic and idealistic (Zitat 7) - innocent to the world - avoids responsibility and making decisions - a “mediocre hero”? (Georg Lukács
Rose Bradwardine: (light heroine) - daughter of Lowland baron Bradwardine - shares love for poetry with Edward - kind, caring, gentle, harmless - beautiful but not exciting - Edward marries her in the end
Flora McIvor: (dark heroine) - sister of Highland chief Fergus McIvor - passionate for the cause of Jacobitism - does not show any interest in Edward except for political reasons - exotic and beautiful (waterfall scene!) - intelligent - Edward is fascinated by her
