The document defines and discusses the novel as a genre of fictional prose narrative that emerged in the 18th century. It notes some of the earliest and most influential novels, such as Don Quixote and Tom Jones. The document also examines different types of novels defined by their themes, styles, and subjects, such as epistolary novels, Gothic novels, satirical novels, and romance novels. Finally, it discusses various literary devices and techniques commonly used in novels, such as flashbacks, plot twists, and self-fulfilling prophecies.

2. The present English word
derives from the Latin novella
for "new", "news", or "short
story of something new”.

3. A novel is a fictional
piece of prose usually
written in a narrative style.

4. Novelette Novella Novel

6. Lengthy fictional narratives
written in prose, 18th century
• Decameron (1351-1353) - Giovanni
Boccaccio’s
• Le Morte d’Arthur (1469) - Thomas
Malory
• Don Quixote (1605-1615) - by
Miguel de Cervantes of Spain.

7. Pamela, or Virtue
Rewarded (1740-1742) -
Samuel Richardson’s

8. • Clarissa (1748) Richardson’s
• Henry Fielding’s Joseph Andrews (1742)
• Tom Jones (1749)
• Tobias Smollett’s Roderick Random (1748)
• Humphry Clinker (1771)
• Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy (1760-1767)
• Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility (1811)
• Pride and Prejudice (1813)

9. We have the strict definition of a
modern novel: a lengthy fictional
narrative, written in prose,
presenting a realistic picture of
believable characters and events.

15. Freytag's Pyramid

21. Interpretation
of life
Entertainment

22. Propaganda
Reportage

23. Agent of change in
language and thought
Expression of the
spirit of its age

24. Creator of
life-style
and arbiter
of taste

26. What the writer says directly
is totally different than the
conveyed meaning at the end.
This is divided into two kinds,
scilicet: Political and Historical.

28. About people caught in situations
which draw out their own absurdities
Can be cruel and have an overall
pessimistic view of life
Life is exposed as bizarre and
irrational
Characters are self-obsessed

30. Collection of letters or
mails to and from people

32. Written by female writers
Describes the place of
women in a male dominated
society

34. Combination of horror and
romance
Utopian but the point about the
fantastical world is not to seek
perfection but to show the fallacy
of seeking perfection

36. Events are bizarre,
supernatural, and mythical.

38. Based on the truths of ordinary
society and its problems

39. Focused on love
and relationship
topics

40. Opposite of romance
Involves ideals, themes, and
principles which refuse
prejudices of the society

41. Criticizes the contemporary
society

44. Literary methods, literary devices, or
literary motif is the means authors use to
create meaning through language, and that
readers use to understand and appreciate
their works.

45. Story that precedes events in the story
being told—past events or background that
add meaning to current circumstances

46. General term for altering time
sequences, taking characters back to the
beginning of the tale, for instance

47. Also called prolepsis, an interjected scene
that temporarily jumps the narrative forward in
time. Flashforwards often represent events
expected, projected, or imagined to occur in the
future. They may also reveal significant parts of the
story that have not yet occurred, but soon will in
greater detail.

48. Hinting of events to occur later

49. Unexpected change ("twist") in
the direction or expected outcome of
the plot.

50. Virtue ultimately rewarded, or
vice punished, by an ironic twist of
fate related to the character's own
conduct.

51. Prediction that, by being made, makes
itself come true. Example: Legend of
Oedipus.

52. Background narrative that explains the
world of the main story. Examples include
Mahabharata, Ramayana, Gundam, Doctor
Who and The Matrix.