Scholars of Yorùbá literary criticism have not done much in the area disability studies; therefore, there is a paucity critical works on representation people with novels. This study intended to fill gap. The objectives study, were examine fictional characters disabilities Oͅládèͅjoͅ Òkédìjí’s crime novels particularly Bínú ti rí and Àgbàlagbà Akàn; assess message novelist, implications those repr...

The American public is fascinated by horror and cruelty. Fictional characters like Hannibal Lecter and Michael Myers amuse moviegoers; but while these interesting beings and their crimes sometimes seem far-fetched, they can be all too close to reality. What happens when the characters of a movie come to life, or cinema imitates reality? Just mentioning “Helter Skelter” or “Zodiac” can send chil...

In this paper we provide a theoretical contribution to the area of experience design in the field of human-agent interaction. Our research focuses on the question which (emotional) processes lead to people’s behavior of seeking or avoiding interaction with interface agents. A main startingpoint for this research is the model for Perceiving and Experiencing Fictional Characters (PEFiC). It expla...

This article evaluates the application of dominant institutional discourses, such as psychoanalysis, in the interpretation of literary fiction. I take up the case of Jean Rhys and her 1929 novel, Quartet. Both author and novel have been analyzed through the concept of masochism, as creating masochistic characters or a masochistic aesthetic. But what do we mean when we so classify or “diagnose” ...