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actor
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Any agent, perceptible at the level of discourse, who plays a part in a narrative. In contrast to the actant, the actor always refers to a specific individual person or thing—fate, for example, can be an actor.
From: actor in A Dictionary of Critical Theory »
Subjects: Literature — Literary theory and cultural studies
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