character study
- a work of fiction in which the delineation of the central character's personality is more important than the plot.
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Examples from the Web for character study
Contemporary Examples
Gloria has at her disposal the whole range of human emotions, and this is how character-study ought to be done.
The Oscar International Film Festival: ‘Stranger By the Lake’ and Foreign Films You Should WatchJimmy So
February 2, 2014
Historical Examples
FOR a character-study—a man made up entirely of limitations.
Ponkapog PapersThomas Bailey Aldrich
You cannot make a character-study out of a pirate,—he has no character.
The Gentle ReaderSamuel McChord Crothers
With character-study, however, this sketch has nothing to do.
The Campaign of ChancellorsvilleTheodore A. Dodge
And it seems to me, if we can't get any money out of him, we might at least get a character-study.
The Pot BoilerUpton Sinclair
I went straight across and took a seat opposite her to indulge my favorite habit of character-study.
Hours with the Ghosts or, Nineteenth Century WitchcraftHenry Ridgely Evans