Aspects of a Novel
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 time despite being well versed with so many texts when we get acquainted with the novel as a literary text. As a text for purposes of academic analysis, for academic understanding and for attempting our examinations and understanding of the novel acquires an enigmatic tone. Why so despite being a story the novel because of its mass it makes an amorphous work where the paths are difficult to understand to assimilate to correlate etc. That is why a systematic exposure to how to read a novel for academic purposes acquires criticality. Till the 17th century it was poetry that was the chief form of literary expression, before that it had been grammar, much before that it had been epic but after the 17th century once the novel came into limelight it very quickly replaced all other forms of literature as the dominant form of literary expression. The 18 & the 19th century saw the popularity of the novel taking over the popularity of all other literary forms in a unprecedented way, this popularity has continued to grow through the 20 th and the 21st century. Naturally a novel is a prime reading close to our heart. And yet as I told you for academic purposes its understanding a student needs to have a clear understanding of how to deliveralongside enjoying a novel. A novel consist of several aspects amongst them a story, the characters, the plots, the educational side are some of the main features. As reader for the novel we have to have a clear understanding of these various
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 time despite being well versed with so many texts when we get acquainted with the novel as a literary text. As a text for purposes of academic analysis, for academic understanding and for attempting our examinations and understanding of the novel acquires an enigmatic tone. Why so despite being a story the novel because of its mass it makes an amorphous work where the paths are difficult to understand to assimilate to correlate etc. That is why a systematic exposure to how to read a novel for academic purposes acquires criticality. Till the 17th century it was poetry that was the chief form of literary expression, before that it had been grammar, much before that it had been epic but after the 17th century once the novel came into limelight it very quickly replaced all other forms of literature as the dominant form of literary expression. The 18 & the 19th century saw the popularity of the novel taking over the popularity of all other literary forms in a unprecedented way, this popularity has continued to grow through the 20 th and the 21st century. Naturally a novel is a prime reading close to our heart. And yet as I told you for academic purposes its understanding a student needs to have a clear understanding of how to deliveralongside enjoying a novel. A novel consist of several aspects amongst them a story, the characters, the plots, the educational side are some of the main features. As reader for the novel we have to have a clear understanding of these various