ASPECTS OF A NOVEL by Prof. Raj Kumar Verma Professor‚ Department of English Sri Aurobindo College University of Delhi Today we are here to discuss to know and to analyse how to read a novel. Reading of a novel is an activity which as readers of literature which as readers of story. All of us who have some degree of education are quite familiar with and yet despite that familiarity despite having read quite a few novels for entertainment for knowledge purpose or simply for the sake of passing
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In both the novel and epic case‚ heroism can be attributed to common ideological and semiotic construction‚ subconsciously tailored to differing ends. Case: I do not contend that the heroes of epic and novel are synonymous‚ but instead that they rise from a singular and ubiquitous construction. The embryonic format for all heroism is inherently embedded in the human mind. Realizing that there is great discontinuity between the structure‚ and indeed the very nature of epic and novel hero; I contend
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Hartley‚ is a tragic period novel which takes place in Norfolk in the hot summer of 1900. The main character‚ Leo‚ now old‚ tells his story through a flashback‚ which takes most of the novel. I was particularly attracted to the feeling of relentlessness that is all pervasive in the novel as the story unfolds and develops. The theme of loss of innocence is explored and‚ through the various techniques used‚ Hartley ensnares us in the world of Brandham Hall. The novel is made up of three parts: a
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society’s eye. Thus‚ one’s dignity would be decided based on society’s opinion of them. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the theme of human dignity is portrayed by Scout‚ Calpurnia‚ and Atticus. This essay will analyze the theme of human dignity and describe how this novel proves that all people‚ regardless of race‚ social status‚ and family history are people of worth. Scout depicts the theme of human dignity by following Atticus’ words of wisdom and putting them to use in her everyday
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Graphic Novel Subject Guide 1 Graphic Novels Subject Guide Spring 2010 – Nova Scotia Public Libraries The Misunderstood Medium It is important to understand that the terms “comics” and “graphic novels” describe a medium rather than a genre. The difference is that a genre is a type of story‚ with certain rules that it must follow in order to fit into that genre. “Westerns‚” “mysteries‚” “romances” are examples of genre. A medium is a form of expression like movies‚ novels or poetry. Essentially
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THE NOVEL IN AFRICA John Maxwell Coetzee is a South African essayist‚ novelist ‚ linguist‚ literary critic and translator. He has also won the Noble prize in the Literature category. The following lecture ‘The Novel in Africa’ was given by him in the University of California in Doreen B.Townsend Center for the Humanities. This lecture is a fictionalized creation of J.M .Coetzee‚ which upholds his belief that‚ “…a true sense in which writing is dialogic; a matter of awakening counter voices in
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Monday‚ December 27‚ 2010 Reasons for the Rise of the Novel in the Eighteenth Century Introduction: The most important gifts of the eighteenth century to English literature are the periodical essay and the novel‚ neither of which had any classical precedent. Both of them were prose forms and eminently suited to the genius of eighteenth-century English men and women. The periodical essayist and the novelist were both exponents of the same sensibility and culture‚ and worked on the same intellectual
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epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of documents. The usual form is letters. The epistolary form can add greater realism to a story‚ because it mimics the workings of real life The founder of the epistolary novel in English is said by many to be James Howell (1594–1666) with "Familiar Letters"‚ who writes of prison‚ foreign adventure‚ and the love of women. There are two theories on the genesis of the epistolary novel. The first claims that the genre originated from novels with inserted
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Introduction to teaching graphic novels in the English Foreign Language Classroom There are many methods and strategies in teaching EFL learners. In this case teachers should be able to decide whether a method is appropriate or not‚ which is not always easy. Teaching graphic novels is a clever strategy to capture the interest of nearly all students in a class. In general this phenomenon is sometimes difficult to achieve due to the fact that there are various learning types and it is not always
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GOTHIC NOVEL The word "Gothic" has ben variously defined and interpreteted by various writer. Leslie Fielder says that Gothic shoddy mystery-mongerine‚ whereas F. Gunworth Fields defines the Gothic tradition‚ as a literary exploration of avenues to death. The editions of "The Reader’s Companion to World Literature" consider the Gothic novel as a novel of horror based on supernatural. Montague summers maintains; Gothic was the essence of romanticism‚ and romanticism was the literary expression
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