ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Characterization is revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization. Direct Characterization tells the audience what the personality of the character is.

Detailed explanation-2: -Characterization is the description of a character’s physical traits (how a character looks), point of view, personality, private thoughts, and actions.

Detailed explanation-3: -The five methods are physical description, action, inner thoughts, reactions, and speech. We examined each method in a short example in order to have a good understanding of how authors use the various methods of characterization to develop the characters and create images for the audience.

Detailed explanation-4: -The literary elements of character and characterization are related, but are not the same thing. The term character refers to a person or animal in a story, while characterization refers to how the personality of that character is developed in the text.

Detailed explanation-5: -Direct characterization is a type of literary device used to tell conclusive details about a character to the reader with little or no ambiguity. The idea is that the author is stating a definitive fact about the character, as opposed to more subtle descriptions that leave some things up to the reader’s imagination.