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Heroism in the Fiction of Leslie Charteris
No full textThe heroism of Leslie Charteris’ gentleman vigilante, Simon Templar, known as “the Saint”, is determined by a range of ideological, historical and social influences. The nature, origins and power of this heroism are addressed through an interdisciplinary analysis of his characterization and development over thirty-five years. Three fundamental elements – Charteris’ personal identification with his creation, Templar’s inclusion in the tradition of the Western warrior hero, and his reflection of the heroic quest figure – influence Charteris’ representation of the Saint. Further, the character’s varied literary origins, and contemporaneous ideologies in the prewar, wartime and postwar periods, generate five primary layers in Templar’s heroic persona. Chapter I provides an overview of Charteris’ Saint narratives, his readership, his other fiction and his distinctive writing style. Chapter II examines Charteris’ personal identification with the Saint, and argues that the character is part of the wider Western warrior hero and heroic quest narratives. Chapters III and IV identify the origin of the Saint in the literary representations of the empire hero, an English gentleman with special skills who resembles the American frontier hero, as well as in those of non-official detectives, romantic and charismatic criminals, vigilantes, pirates and highwaymen. In Chapter V, it is argued that important changes in the Saint, that reveal further complexities in his heroism, were generated by major political and social ideologies in the different periods and countries in which Charteris wrote his narratives. The final chapter analyses two specific aspects of the Saint’s heroism arising from his anti-war sentiment and his hostility to non-Western “others” in the 1930s and 1940s
Heroism in the Fiction of Leslie Charteris
No full textThe heroism of Leslie Charteris' gentleman vigilante, Simon Templar, known as "the Saint", is determined by a range of ideological, historical and social influences. The nature, origins and power of this heroism are addressed through an interdisciplinary analysis of his characterization and development over thirty-five years. Three fundamental elements - Charteris' personal identification with his creation, Templar's inclusion in the tradition of the Western warrior hero, and his reflection of the heroic quest figure - influence Charteris' representation of the Saint. Further, the character's varied literary origins, and contemporaneous ideologies in the prewar, wartime and postwar periods, generate five primary layers in Templar's heroic persona. Chapter I provides an overview of Charteris' Saint narratives, his readership, his other fiction and his distinctive writing style. Chapter II examines Charteris' personal identification with the Saint, and argues that the character is part of the wider Western warrior hero and heroic quest narratives. Chapters III and IV identify the origin of the Saint in the literary representations of the empire hero, an English gentleman with special skills who resembles the American frontier hero, as well as in those of non-official detectives, romantic and charismatic criminals, vigilantes, pirates and highwaymen. In Chapter V, it is argued that important changes in the Saint, that reveal further complexities in his heroism, were generated by major political and social ideologies in the different periods and countries in which Charteris wrote his narratives. The final chapter analyses two specific aspects of the Saint's heroism arising from his anti-war sentiment and his hostility to non-Western "others" in the 1930s and 1940s
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No full textPublished online August.19.2021Abstract unavailableAngela Page, Jennifer Charteris, Joanna Anderson and Christopher Boyl
A study of the terms of address used by Charteris towards Grace and Julia as the main character in Shaw's "The Philanderer"
No full textThis study analyzed the terms of address as expresses by Charteris towards Grace and Julia in their daily live.
The data of this study were taken from Shaw’s play entitled “The Philanderer” and were analyzed using the parameters of Setting, Participants, Ends and Keys.
Based on the analyzed data, it was found that Charteris’ address terms towards Grace are mostly in the forms of first name (FN), and possesive + terms of endearment; while Charteris’ address terms towards Julia is mostly in the form of first name (FN).
The main reasons why Charteris tended to use Grace’s first name and possessive plus term of endearment instead of other address terms during their conversations are most likely that (1) Charteris wants to show his love, intimacy, and familiarity towards Grace, for example: “That must positively be my last kiss, Grace; or I shall become downright silly.” (page 100, stage 1); and (2) Charteris wants to show his power over Grace, for example: “My dear, be reasonable. It is fully explained to her that it was to be broken off.” (page 102, stage 1). While the main reasons why Charteris tended to use Julia’s first name instead of other address terms during their conversations are most likely that (1) Charteris wants to show his power as a man over Julia, for example: “I think you had better let me take you home, Julia.” (page 105, stage 1); (2) Charteris shows his close relationship with Julia, for example: “Looking for me, Julia?: (page 153, stage II); and (3) Charteris shows his changes of attitude towards Julia, for example: “Let me remind you, Julia that when first we became acquinted, the position you took up was that of a woman of advanced views.” (page 107, stage 1)
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
The case of Lieutenant-Colonel Charteris. [electronic resource].
No full textCaption title.Publication date from Goldsmiths'.With a docket title.Reproduction of original in the British Library.Goldsmiths'Early English books tract supplement interim guideElectronic reproduction
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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No full textDispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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