Is there a difference between an antihero and a villain? How about a hero and a protagonist?
This week Paul Brians explains these literary terms and talks about Dostoyevsky’s Underground Man.
https://wmjasco.com/podcasts/23-antihero.mp3
hero/protagonist (from Common Errors in English Usage)
heroin/heroine (from Common Errors in English Usage)
Study Guide for Dostoyevsky: Notes from Underground
Can Dostoevsky Still Kick You in the Gut?
Full text: Notes from the Underground
Full text: Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
“A Tale from Underground,” by Wright Morris