Literary Terms - Novel

 

Literary Terms

Novel

 

A Novel is a long narrative work of fiction with some realism. It is often in prose form and is published as a single book. The word ‘novel’ has been derived from the Italian word ‘novella’ which means “new”. Similar to a short story, a novel has some features like a representation of characters, dialogues, setting, plot, climax, conflict, and resolution.

 

Types of Novels

There are many types of novels. They include mysteries, thrillers, suspense, detective, science fiction, romantic, historical, realist or even postmodern.

Examples:

Animal Farm by George Orwell

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy


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