I have favourite novels, favourite authors, but no favourite literary figures; for me it's almost completely impossible to separate a character from their story. What I most notice is ideas and authors' voices, not so much in the sense of writing style, but in the sense of the worldview and philosophy behind the books, and how they speaks through the story and characters
This is definitely an interesting subject, since I myself have always considered the characters as first priority. If someone asks me about my favorite characters, I would definitely have a hard time restraining myself from listing down pages. And yet at the same time those worldviews and philosophy that you've mentioned are also absolutely essential to me. I remember a comment I made recently on an LJ (a discussion specifically on the Terminator franchise) that more often that not, I also find myself sometimes overlooking actual character problems and issues like racism and feminism, just because the way the authors have presented their stories, in terms of plotting and worldviews and world-building, are already so fascinating and engaging to me in the first place.
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Date: 2010-06-26 03:11 pm (UTC)This is definitely an interesting subject, since I myself have always considered the characters as first priority. If someone asks me about my favorite characters, I would definitely have a hard time restraining myself from listing down pages. And yet at the same time those worldviews and philosophy that you've mentioned are also absolutely essential to me. I remember a comment I made recently on an LJ (a discussion specifically on the Terminator franchise) that more often that not, I also find myself sometimes overlooking actual character problems and issues like racism and feminism, just because the way the authors have presented their stories, in terms of plotting and worldviews and world-building, are already so fascinating and engaging to me in the first place.