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    Joseph Andrew

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    Joseph Andrews” as a Picaresque Novel ________________________________________________ What is a picaresque novel? The term picaresque has been derived from the Spanish word picaro which means a rogue or a villain. Originally‚ a type of romance that dealt with rogues or villains was called picaresque. A picaresque novel presented ‚ in an extravagant style‚ a series of adventures ‚ and misadventures ‚ mostly on the highways . The earliest examples of the picaresque novel are Lizaritle de

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    Questions on Joseph Andrews 1. Comment on the character of Joseph Andrews and his role in the novel. J.Andrews is the hero after whom the novel is named. He is the chief protagonist of the novel. His physical appearance fascinates Lady Booby and also Mrs. Slipslop‚ and later‚ Betty the servant-maid at an inn. Lady Booby becomes infatuated with him only on account of his handsome appearance‚ because socially speaking he was greatly inferior to her. Joseph possesses many qualities of

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    intrusive narrator outlining the nature of our hero. Joseph Andrews is the brother of Richardson’s Pamela and is of the same rustic parentage and patchy ancestry. At the age of ten years he found himself tending to animals as an apprentice to Sir Thomas Booby. It was in proving his worth as a horseman that he first caught the eye of Sir Thomas’s wife‚ Lady Booby‚ who employed him (now seventeen) as her footman. After the death of Sir Thomas‚ Joseph finds that his Lady’s affections have redoubled as

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    Joseph Andrewsis a picaresque novel of the road; the title page tells us that it was "Written in Imitation of the Manner of CERVANTES‚ Author of Don Quixote." Despite its looseness of construction‚ however‚ Joseph Andrews does make a deliberate move from the confusion and hypocrisy of London to the open sincerity of the country; one might perhaps apply Fielding’s own words in a review he wrote of Charlotte Lennox’sThe Female Quixote: ". . . here is a regular story‚ which‚ though possibly it is not

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    Stephen Conway 1996 Plato‚ Aristotle‚ and Mimesis As literary critics‚ Plato and Aristotle disagree profoundly about the value of art in human society. Plato attempts to strip artists of the power and prominence they enjoy in his society‚ while Aristotle tries to develop a method of inquiry to determine the merits of an individual work of art. It is interesting to note that these two disparate notions of art are based upon the same fundamental assumption: that art is a form of mimesis‚ imitation

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    Joseph Andrews Characters

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    Joseph Andrews A handsome and virtuous young footman whom Lady Booby attempts to corrupt. He is a protégé of Mr. Adams and the devoted but chaste lover of Fanny Goodwill. His adventures in journeying from the Booby household in London back to the countryside‚ where he plans to marry Fanny‚ provide the main plot of the novel. Mr. Abraham Adams A benevolent‚ absent-minded‚ impecunious‚ and somewhat vain curate in Lady Booby’s country parish. He notices and cultivates Joseph’s intelligence and

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    Joseph Andrews as a Picaresque Novel Joseph Andrews as a Picaresque Novel Joseph Andrews‚ or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams‚ was the first published full-length novel of the English author and magistrate Henry Fielding and among the first novels in the English language. Henry Fielding along with Samuel Johnson is considered to be the founder of English novel. Henry Fielding was in fact a satirist and initially he was known for his satirical

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    other on several points The first and most notable characteristic that Joseph Andrews and Parson Adams share is their devotion to God. Such devotion is clearly evident in Adams‚ not only because of his position as a clergyman but also in his actions. During an episode in which Joseph and Adams are in great danger‚ Adams’ devotion to God is proven. "Adams now fell on his Knees‚ and committed himself to the Care of Providence . Joseph is likewise devoted to God. he still settles himself to the wishes

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    Q. Sketch the character of Belinda in “The Rape of the Lock”. Answer: Having a Cleopatra-like variety‚ Belinda is the one who is all pervasive and central character in Alexander Pope’s mock heroic‚ "The Rape of the Lock". Pope’s attitude to Belinda is very mixed and complicated: mocking and yet tender‚ admiring and yet critical. The paradoxical nature of Pope’s attitude is intimately related to the paradox of Belinda’s situation. She is as a bundle of contradictions as is the society she represents

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    JOSEPH ANDREWS BY HENRY FIELDING Q Write a note on social criticism as presented in book I and book II of this novel. This novel is basically a satire on mode of living of the social classes of 18th century. The most promising and solid features (as a means of social criticism) that one might extract from the novel‚ in the light of book I and book II are highlighted as below: Artificiality of love Here the example of lady booby explains the point clearly. She loved Joseph as claimed by herself

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