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The English Novel

The English Novel. Dr Sami S. Breem 2 nd Semester 2012. Definition. Definition of the novel The oxford English Dictionary defines the novel: ‘ a fictitious prose narrative or tale of considerable length (now usually on e long enough to fill one or more volumes)

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The English Novel

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  1. The English Novel Dr Sami S. Breem 2nd Semester 2012

  2. Definition • Definition of the novel The oxford English Dictionary defines the novel: ‘ a fictitious prose narrative or tale of considerable length (now usually on e long enough to fill one or more volumes) in which characters and actions representative of the real life of past or present times are portrayed in a plot of more or less complexity.’

  3. Why study the Novel? • Language model • Cultural model • Personal growth model

  4. History of the novel The 18th Century (The Rise of the novel) • Different reasons for the emergence of the Novel • Rise of literacy • Printing • Market economy • Secularism • individualism

  5. Classification of novels Classification of novels: • Romantic • realistic Other types may include: • Social novels, domestic novels, historical novels • Political novels, satirical novels, autobiographical novels, biographical novels

  6. Types of novels (continued) • Picaresque novel, epistolary novel, regional novel • Science fiction, gothic novel, Fable, allegorical novel Novels Can fit in more than one category/type

  7. Narrative features in the novel • Plot/events/actions • Characterization • Themes • Setting • Structure • Symbolism • Intertextuality • Speech and thought presentation • Dialogue • Figurative language • point of view

  8. Linguistic indicators • Definite/indefinite references • Deixis • Schema language • Anaphoric/ cataphoric references • Social deixis Any word can be deictic if the reader attaches meaning to it

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