Focal character
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In literature, a focal character is the character around whom the events of the story revolve. He is "the person on whom the spotlight focuses; the center of attention; the man whose reactions dominate the screen."[1]
This is not necessarily the same thing as the protagonist, nor is it the same as the viewpoint character. For instance, in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's works of Sherlock Holmes, Watson is the viewpoint character, but the story revolves around Holmes, making him the focal character.
[edit] References
- ^ Swain, Dwight V. (1965). Techniques of the Selling Writer. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 320-323. ISBN 0-8061-1191-7 (paper).
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