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As the poetry of poetry, the novel performs the work of literature, the work of the literary absolute, by engaging its own history, reflecting and refracting and undoing its inherently unstable generic parameters, interminably. The novel, in short, is an ongoing aesthetic experiment.
1 sty 1997 · Two different approaches to the definition of literature (criterial and prototypical) are described, and some features of a prototypical literary work are outlined. The criterial approach...
Novel is narrative text informing of prose with a long shape that including some figures and fiction event. The intrinsic elements of novel are plot, setting characterization, point of view, and theme. 2.1.1 The Theme Theme, according to Stanton (1965: 20) and Kenny (1966: 88) is the meaning contained by a story.
WHAT IS A NOVEL? Anovel is a piece of prose fiction of a reasonable length. Even a definition as toothless as this, however, is still too restricted. Not all novels are writtten in prose. There are novels in verse, like Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin or Vikram Seth’s The Golden Gate.
A novel is an invented prose narrative of considerable length and a certain complexity that deals imaginatively with human experience, usually through a connected sequence involving a group of persons in a specific setting. Learn more about the elements, development, and types of novels in this article.
Thus with understanding of the definition of novel, it is relevant to discuss what factors or situations provided opportunities for the rise of the novel in the 18 th century.
The objective of this unit is to define a novel. We will also trace its origins and look at its development through the last three centuries briefly. Once you finish this unit you should be in a position to define a novel, to trace its origin, and development and to be able to distinguish the different types of novels. 1.0 INTRODUCTION
