The novel as a genre

THE NOVEL

The term novel is a truncation of the Italian word novella (from the plural of Latin novellus, a late variant of novus, meaning “new”)

Why was the creation?

The start of this new literary genre started is because meddle class people loved the new kind of hero (The self-made) man, and in fact all the main characters of this novels started from a bad position and then after they undergo some adventures they reach a higher social standing

Whats a novel?

A novel is an invented prose narrative of significant length and complexity that deals imaginatively with human experience. Its roots can be traced back thousands of years, though its origins in English are traditionally placed in the 18th century.

Novel Genre

The novel is a genre of fiction, and fiction may be defined as the art or craft of contriving, through the written word, representations of human life that instruct or divert or both.

Origin

The novel originated in the early 18th century on Eangland, novelas considered to mean a work of prose Novels focus on character development more than plot. In any genre, it is the study of the human psyche.

Types of Novels

Epistolary (S. Richardson=)Anti-Heoric (H. Fielding)n Satirical (J. Swift) Non-Conventional (L. Sterne) Historical (W. Scott)

The Father of the Novel and his Novel

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Daniel Defoe was the first professional writer in all history (realism), his most famoust works were Robinson Crusoe (1719) and Moll Flanders (1722)

Daniel Defoe

More Novelists and their Novels

Henry Fielding

Jonathan Swift

Samuel Richardson

The writer of Tom Jones and the inventor of the ANTI-HEORIC style

The writer of Gulliver's traverl and the inventor of the SATIRICAL style

The writer of Pamela and the inventor of the EPISTOLARY style

WALTER SCOTT

LAUREnce STERN

The writer of Old Mortality and the inventor of the HISTORICAL style

The writer of Tristram Shandy and the inventor of the NON-CONVENTIONAL style

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