Romantic Age Novel

1800 – 1840s (first half of the XIX century)

The Novel is the most important literary genre of the period
Simple and everyday language

• Historical Novels (Sir Walter Scott, Manzoni, Hugo)

Novels set in a specific historical period but with some fictional character
• Novel of Manners (Jane Austen)
Novels about the behaviour of the provincial upper-middle class.
Simple plots (normally love)
• Novel of Purpose (Mary Shelley)
Novels written with the purpose of spreading ideas
◦ Gothic Novel
Gloomy and dark atmosphere, centred on mysterious things and supernatural creatures
◦ American Short Story (E. A. Poe)
short.
Novel = Romanzo
Short story = Racconto
Novella = Short Novel (romanzetto)