RT info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis
T1 Blinded by a Green Light: A Theoretical Approach to Ambition in Fiction
A1 Nieto Juárez, Alicia
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Ambition in fiction
K1 Character analysis
K1 Positive ambition
K1 Negative ambition
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB Ambition is an ambiguous concept that can represent a problem when it comes to analysing characters. In order to establish a theory through which ambition can be categorized and classified, I have carried out research within different areas. Those areas are Philosophy, Psychology, and Semantics which outline the dimensions, components, and dynamics that ambition generates in various contexts. The perspectives and approaches from the different fields offer conceptual tools and insights to describe ambition as a category of analysis. Then, I have developed a theory to examine its features and elements as well as the distinction between positive and negative ambition and how external factors are determining in the portrayal of the characters analysed. After the application of these parameters, we illustrate with a case study how a character popularly considered to be ambitious does not meet the criteria of absolute ambition.
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/52343
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/52343
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 24-nov-2024