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    Second Year

    Spring Semester
    WHAT IS NOVEL?

    • What is Novel?

    • Aspects of novel

    • What is the purpose of novel?

    • Novel and other literary genres.

    • Short story & Novel

    • Examples?
    Fiction
    (Novel,
    Novella , Short
    Story)

    Poetry Drama

    Literature
    Literary Genres

    Poetry Drama Fiction


    (Novel & Short story)

    Is a story which
    It is supposed to be supposed to be seen A story which is
    recited and heard (performed)on the supposed to be read
    stage

    Based on rhyme and There must be a It is based on


    rhythm, images and dialogue between narration or
    figures of speech characters description

    Drama may be
    Written in verse
    written in prose, Written in prose
    (figurative language)
    verse or both
    What is Novel?

     The word novel is considered to have been derived from the latin
    word novellus, Italian word novella (which meant “a little new
    thing, tale, piece of news, news, or short story of something new)
     A long printed story about imaginary characters and events.
     A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally
    written in prose form, and which is typically published as a book.
     A novel is a long prose narrative that describes fictional
    characters and events in the form of a sequential story.
     …?
    Novel

     Most of the definitions highlight the word ‘prose’ meaning the
    common or ordinary spoken form of language without the
    presence of poetic rhythmic structure.
     Prose is opposite to verse.
     It is mostly based on narration and description.
     As an extended narrative, the novel is distinguished from short
    story and from novellette, its magnitude permits a greater
    variety of characters, greater complication of plot(plots), as well
    as multiple setting
    Short Story & Novel

     Similarities:

     they both are narrative fiction written in prose.

     They have similar elements like …..?

     Their purpose is to entertain and educate

     There is narrator in both

     ….?
    Short Story & Novel

     Length : as the name suggests short stories are shorter
    than novels, or we can say that these stories can be
    completed in one sitting, whereas the novels are
    broader with words, character, and as well as
    narration.
     Plot
    Short stories usually contain a single basic plot and it
    hardly has any subplot whereas the novels have
    multiple plots, with different dimensions and
    possibilities of different subplots.
    Short Story & Novel

     Characterization
    The length of the short story forces the author to have
    fewer characters generally focuses on 1 to 2
    characters.

     In novel there are multiple characters followed by


    protagonist, antagonist, and multiples of fewer
    characters.
    Short Story & Novel

     Short stories are easier to read than the novel
    because it is shorter in length with no complex
    plot. A reader is most likely to read easily.
    Novels are complex, to read a novel one has to
    read so many chapters and invest quality time in
    it.
     Novels focus on character development more than
    plot.
    Elements of Novel

     Plot (What Happens?)

     Setting (where and when ?)

     Narrative method and point of view(who sees what)

     Characters (Who acts?)

     THEME

    ?

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