ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Direct characterization, also known as explicit characterization, consists of the author telling the audience what a character is like. A narrator may give this information, or a character in the story may do it.

Detailed explanation-2: -Direct characterization is when an author describes a character in a straightforward manner, as if telling the reader directly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Explicit or direct characterization: The writer tells the reader what a character is like and talks about their personality or character traits as if they’re giving a physical description, either via the narrator, another character, or the character themselves.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -We can also define indirect characterization in literature as a way through which the author depicts to the audience the kind of a person that a given character is by making clear to them the thoughts, actions, words, and appearance of that character.