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‘Novel’ this word is derived from Italian word ‘novella’ means new. Name of novelist Novel | |||||||||||||
| 1] | Virgil’s | Ecologues | |||||||||||
| 2] | Malory’s | Morten De Arthur. | |||||||||||
| 3] | Geoffrey Chaucer | The Canterbury Tales | |||||||||||
| 4] | Murasaki Shikibu’s the world’s first novel | “ Tale of Genji’ | |||||||||||
| 5] | Miguel de Cervantes | Don Quixote, European first novel | |||||||||||
After 1740, Novel originated as the literary form in England . | |||||||||||||
| 6] | John Bunyan’s | The Pilgrim’s progress | |||||||||||
| 7] | Aphra Behn | Oroonoko | |||||||||||
| 8] | Jonathan Swift’s | Gulliver’s Travel | |||||||||||
| 9] | Samuel Richardson | Pamela, Virtue Rewarded, Clarrisa | |||||||||||
| 10] | Immigrant authors | Salman Rushdie V.S Naipul, Kazno Ishigura | |||||||||||
| 12] | Francs Burney ( Woman Novelist) | Evelina | |||||||||||
| 13] | Mary Shelley (woman novelist) | Frankenstein | |||||||||||
| 14] | Bronte sisters( woman novelist) | The wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre. | |||||||||||
| 15] | Virginia Woolf | Pioneer of stream of consciousness | |||||||||||
| 16] | Agastha Christie | Miss Marple ,Herculin Poirot (novel based on crime) | |||||||||||
| 17] | Bankim Chandra chottopadnya (INDIAN NOVELIST) | Rajmohan’s wife (First novel in English by an Indian) | |||||||||||
| 18] | Famous Novella (shorter than novel and longer than short story)
| The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conard
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Elements of Novel/ Novella | Elements of Novel 1 Theme – It is the central idea of Novel. Factors are related to each other by the author |
2 Plot – It is the story that make up the theme. It may be simple or complex.
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3 Character – Protagonist, is the main character , antagonist can be called as villain who conflicts with the protagonist
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4 Setting – It is the background in which the story takes place, it includes place , period , time, climate , weather and lifestyle.
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5 Conflict ; It is the struggle between the opposite forces in the story. It invites interest and curiosity in the novel.
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6 Language/style – language and technique used the author for the course of events is known as style.
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| Types of Novel | Types of Novels 1 Realistic Novel. It gives effect or realism which is also called as novel of manner. The characters in this novel interact with other characters and experience daily events.
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2 Picaresque novel (Picaro- means dishonest) Here the main character or protagonist is eccentric or disrespectful person but active in adventures. | |
3 Historical novel Such novel is a novel which is set in a period earlier than that of writing.
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4 Epistolary Novel Epistolary means letter. Letters are the most common basis of such novel, diary entries are also a popular form of such type.
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5 Gothic Novel Such novel is based on terror, mystery, horror, thriller or haunted buildings.
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6 Autobiographical Novel ( Such novel is based on the life of author in first person). It may or may not be in the first person | |
7 Allegorical Novel (surface meaning is different from symbolic meaning) | |
8 Utopian Novel/Dystopian Novel It is mostly science or speculative fiction related to imaginary community | |
9 Psychological Novel (internal life of protagonist) | |
10 Stream of consciousness
William James coined this term in his Principles of Psychology. Here the novelist narrates them as they enter the mind of the character. | |
11 Bildungsroman Novel (growth) Such novel is Concerned with the growth of the protagonist’s Mind |
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