1.The Rise of Novels
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Books Recommended
Brooks, Cleanth and Robert P. Warren. Understanding Fiction. Forster, E.M. Aspects of the Novel. Shao Chinti(邵锦娣).An Introduction to Literature. Teng Hsuhsin(邓绪新).An Introduction to Literature of English. Chang Pohsiang(张伯香). A Course Book of English Literature.
The Rise of Novel : Realism
The modern novel seeks to restrict meaningful, significant, and serious narrative to the actual and familiar world of daily experience and to banish or trivialize the unrealistic genres of epic and romance. The ordinary and the experiential (along with the everyday language) come in the novel to define the absolute boundaries or limits of reality and moral significance.
Novels to be Studied
1. Daniel Defoe Crusoe 2. Jonathan Swift Gulliver 3. S. Richardson Clarissa 4. Henry Fielding Jones 5. Mary Shelley Frankenstein 6. Water Scott Ivanhoe 7. Jane Austen Pride 8. Charlotte Bronte Eyre 9. Charles Dickens Expectations 10. Robert Steven Dr. Jekyll 11. Thomas Hardy Tess 12. H. G. Wells Time desert island fiction political allegory epistolary novel picaresque novel Gothic novel historic novel comedy of manners Bildungsroman Social Criticism psychology novel naturalism science fiction
Important Novelists in 18th Century
Daniel Defoe 1660—1731 Robinson Crusoe 1719 Jonathan Swift (1667—1745) Gulliver’s Travels 1726 Samuel Richardson ( 1689-1761) Pamela 1740 Clarissa 1747
Henry Fielding (1707-1754) Tom Jones 1749
Gothic Novel in the late 18th Century
Horace Walpole 1717---1797 Castle of Otranto 1764 Mary Shelley Frankenstein 1797--1851 1817
The Rise of Novel: Bourgeoisie
The 18th century witnessed the rise of the modern English novel, which, contrary to the traditional romance of aristocrats, gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people. After the tempestuous events of the 17th century, England entered a period of a comparatively peaceful development. The early literature was to delight and entertain the aristocrats, and most people were illiterate. With the growth of London publishing industry and the emergence of urban bourgeoisie, the English middle class began to take shape and they needed a new kind of realistic literature of their own to express their ideas and serve their interests.
Thematic Patterns
represent individuals from the middle ranks or classes of society; depict attempts to acquire social status through isolated, individual virtue and action rather than by inheritance or through corporate involvement; dramatize a wider but more unstable world than that encompassed by the village, the manor house, or the parish; invoke what might be called a middle-class myth of personal possibility for growth and achievement and also for failure and obliteration in the struggle with other individuals;
What is a Novel?
Broadly speaking, the term is now applied to any prose work of some length, which tells a story, attempts rounded characterization, amuses, shocks and entertains the readers. In a narrow sense, a novel is a realistic fiction, complete in itself and contains the essential elements of story, character, and setting.
Fn prose
Fiction 1. Novel 2. Novelle 3. Short story
Elements of the Novel
Setting Character Plot Theme Point of view : time and place round and flat main/minor/foil story and conflict moral lesson first person third person omniscient selective omniscient objective innocent eye
Origins
The English word is derived from the Italian novella, which is a short tale in prose. The term of the novel in most European languages, however, is roman, which comes from the medieval term, the romance.
importantnovelistsin18thcentury?danieldefoe16601731?robinsoncrusoe1719?jonathanswift16671745?gulliverstravels?samuelrichardson16891761?pamela1740clarissa17471726?henryfielding17071754?tomjones1749gothicnovelinthelate18thcentury?horacewalpole17171797?castleofotranto1764?maryshelley17971851?frankenstein1817novelstobestudied?1
The Rise of Novel : Worldliness
Printed material became secular in nature and contemporary in its references; books in the vernacular dealing with secular topics were now available. 1476 William Caxton 1446 Johann Grtenberg The secular and materialistic notion of the 18th century tended to separate factual from the fictional, the probable or possible from the romantic and unreal.
Brooks, Cleanth and Robert P. Warren. Understanding Fiction. Forster, E.M. Aspects of the Novel. Shao Chinti(邵锦娣).An Introduction to Literature. Teng Hsuhsin(邓绪新).An Introduction to Literature of English. Chang Pohsiang(张伯香). A Course Book of English Literature.
The Rise of Novel : Realism
The modern novel seeks to restrict meaningful, significant, and serious narrative to the actual and familiar world of daily experience and to banish or trivialize the unrealistic genres of epic and romance. The ordinary and the experiential (along with the everyday language) come in the novel to define the absolute boundaries or limits of reality and moral significance.
Novels to be Studied
1. Daniel Defoe Crusoe 2. Jonathan Swift Gulliver 3. S. Richardson Clarissa 4. Henry Fielding Jones 5. Mary Shelley Frankenstein 6. Water Scott Ivanhoe 7. Jane Austen Pride 8. Charlotte Bronte Eyre 9. Charles Dickens Expectations 10. Robert Steven Dr. Jekyll 11. Thomas Hardy Tess 12. H. G. Wells Time desert island fiction political allegory epistolary novel picaresque novel Gothic novel historic novel comedy of manners Bildungsroman Social Criticism psychology novel naturalism science fiction
Important Novelists in 18th Century
Daniel Defoe 1660—1731 Robinson Crusoe 1719 Jonathan Swift (1667—1745) Gulliver’s Travels 1726 Samuel Richardson ( 1689-1761) Pamela 1740 Clarissa 1747
Henry Fielding (1707-1754) Tom Jones 1749
Gothic Novel in the late 18th Century
Horace Walpole 1717---1797 Castle of Otranto 1764 Mary Shelley Frankenstein 1797--1851 1817
The Rise of Novel: Bourgeoisie
The 18th century witnessed the rise of the modern English novel, which, contrary to the traditional romance of aristocrats, gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people. After the tempestuous events of the 17th century, England entered a period of a comparatively peaceful development. The early literature was to delight and entertain the aristocrats, and most people were illiterate. With the growth of London publishing industry and the emergence of urban bourgeoisie, the English middle class began to take shape and they needed a new kind of realistic literature of their own to express their ideas and serve their interests.
Thematic Patterns
represent individuals from the middle ranks or classes of society; depict attempts to acquire social status through isolated, individual virtue and action rather than by inheritance or through corporate involvement; dramatize a wider but more unstable world than that encompassed by the village, the manor house, or the parish; invoke what might be called a middle-class myth of personal possibility for growth and achievement and also for failure and obliteration in the struggle with other individuals;
What is a Novel?
Broadly speaking, the term is now applied to any prose work of some length, which tells a story, attempts rounded characterization, amuses, shocks and entertains the readers. In a narrow sense, a novel is a realistic fiction, complete in itself and contains the essential elements of story, character, and setting.
Fn prose
Fiction 1. Novel 2. Novelle 3. Short story
Elements of the Novel
Setting Character Plot Theme Point of view : time and place round and flat main/minor/foil story and conflict moral lesson first person third person omniscient selective omniscient objective innocent eye
Origins
The English word is derived from the Italian novella, which is a short tale in prose. The term of the novel in most European languages, however, is roman, which comes from the medieval term, the romance.
importantnovelistsin18thcentury?danieldefoe16601731?robinsoncrusoe1719?jonathanswift16671745?gulliverstravels?samuelrichardson16891761?pamela1740clarissa17471726?henryfielding17071754?tomjones1749gothicnovelinthelate18thcentury?horacewalpole17171797?castleofotranto1764?maryshelley17971851?frankenstein1817novelstobestudied?1
The Rise of Novel : Worldliness
Printed material became secular in nature and contemporary in its references; books in the vernacular dealing with secular topics were now available. 1476 William Caxton 1446 Johann Grtenberg The secular and materialistic notion of the 18th century tended to separate factual from the fictional, the probable or possible from the romantic and unreal.