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Thomas Docherty

Print publication date: 1996

Print ISBN-13: 9780198183570

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198183570.001.0001

The Ethics of Alterity: Postmodern Character

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(p. 36 ) 2 The Ethics of Alterity: Postmodern Character
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Alterities
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Thomas Docherty

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198183570.003.0003

This chapter focuses on the ethics of alterity in postmodern narrative. It first traces the development of narratives and theory of character and characterization since the 18th century. It also examines the ‘economy of identity’ and the ‘ethics of reading’.

Keywords:   alterity, postmodern narrative, narratives, character, characterization, identity, reading

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