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Character development may sometimes be confused with the changing of a character's personality; however, this is one type of character development known as dynamic development. '''Static''' development refers to a character that is developed but left unchanged: this commonly is done with secondary characters in order to let that character serve as a thematic or plot element. Character development is very important in character-driven literature, where stories focus not on events, but on individual personalities. Classic examples include '' War And Peace '' or '' David Copperfield ''. Modern examples include the '' Harry Potter '' series. Historically, stories focusing on characters became common as part of the 19th century Romantic movement, and character driven literature rapidly supplanted more "plot-driven" literature that typically utilizes easily identifiable Archetype s rather than proper character development. VIDEO GAME CONTEXT In a Video-game context, "character development" refers to the concept of a player earning experience and developing skills for a Character through the environment of the game world in which the character exists. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS For definitions of this and other literary terms, see The UVic Writer's Guide (http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/LiteraryTermsIndex.html#AlphabetTop) |
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