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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.
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.
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 very briefly. Once you finish going through 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.
The present paper attempts to study the various aspects of the novel as a major form of literature. The novel is only one of many possible prose narrative forms. It shares with other narratives, like the epic and the romance. It shares two basic characteristics: a story and a story-teller.
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
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.
