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2534Stock character types (theatre)  

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Scope note

  • A type is a stereotypical fictional person possessing physical, psychological, or moral attributes that are known to the audience in advance and remain constant throughout the play, appearing in several different plays. A type is created whenever individual and original characteristics are sacrificed to generalisation and magnification. The spectator identifies easily the type in question by a psychological trait, a social milieu, or an occupation, usually belonging to a certain genre. Types are found mainly in theatrical forms having a strong tradition in which the recurring stock characters represent the major human types or failings that are critisised  by the dramatist.

Source

  • Kennedy 2005
  • Pavis 2006

Contributor

  • Katsiadakis Helen (AA)

Creator

  • Goulis Helen (AA)

Notation

  • 2534

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https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/2534

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