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This document discusses the similarities and differences between short stories and novels. It notes that both utilize storyline, characters, and themes, but that novels are longer works that develop themes in greater depth. The document then provides a detailed history of the novel, noting its origins in the 18th century and how it evolved through periods like Romanticism and Victorian literature. It categorizes different types of novels such as picaresque, bildungsroman, social criticism, satire, historical fiction, romance, adventure, mystery, and regional novels. In the end, it provides guidance on how to analyze a novel by exploring its theme, characters, plot, setting, and message.

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NOVEL

This document discusses the similarities and differences between short stories and novels. It notes that both utilize storyline, characters, and themes, but that novels are longer works that develop themes in greater depth. The document then provides a detailed history of the novel, noting its origins in the 18th century and how it evolved through periods like Romanticism and Victorian literature. It categorizes different types of novels such as picaresque, bildungsroman, social criticism, satire, historical fiction, romance, adventure, mystery, and regional novels. In the end, it provides guidance on how to analyze a novel by exploring its theme, characters, plot, setting, and message.

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  • Fiction Introduction: Explains the similarities and differences between short stories and novels, focusing on story elements and themes.
  • Landmarks in Novel History: Covers significant periods in the history of the novel including the Romantic and Victorian periods, highlighting key authors and themes.
  • Types of Novels: Discusses different genres of novels, such as Picaresque, Self-fulfillment, Social Criticism, Satire, Historical, Romance, Adventure, and Regional novels, with examples of each type.
  • Assignment Details: Provides guidelines and important questions for students on analyzing the novel 'The Great Gatsby' as part of their assignment.

NOVEL

Dr. Sulistyaningsh, [Link].


Fiction: the short story and the novel

 The similarities of Short Stories and Novels are on:


 story line,

 characters, and

 theme views
Comparison between Short story and Novel

A Short story: A novel:


 Should create a single impression  Develops a theme.
 Capable of being read at one  It is the best expression of moral
sitting and social ideas.
 Every word should contribute to  A novel unfold a plot. The plots of
the planned effect novels may be of impressive scope
and complexity, exploring many
 Th effect should be created in the
aspects of their themes. Plots will
opening sentence and developed not only differ in complexity but in
throughout the work. point of view of the narrator.
 The story should end at its climax  A novel is greatly concern with
character.
 A novel will display realism of background and
atmosphere (setting).
 A novel will present a clear picture of its time.
 A novel leads us to feel that we know its setting as
if we have lived in it ourselves. The social, as well
as the physical setting, is apart of background.
 A novel is fantasy (as in science fiction, for
instance).
 A novel is imaginative work of art.
LANDMARK IN THE HISTORY OF THE NOVEL
 The novel began in eighteenth-century
 Romantic period: The romantic movement gained its full force. In
contrast to the generally more objective approach of the neo-
classical eighteen century, the nineteen century saw an increased
concern feeling with passion. A much more imaginative approach
resulted, interest in the past, strange, the wonderful, the
supernatural. Authors: Sir Walter Scott, Emily and Charlotte Bronte,
in wild scopes, wrote the most romantic of novels. Novels of Jane
Austen were great works.
LANDMARK IN THE HISTORY OF THE NOVEL
 The Victorian Period: in the second half of nineteenth
century. Romantic was tempered with moral concern and
social criticism characteristic of the age of Queen Victoria.
 Theme were not only emotional but moral and social.
The romantic vision was tempered with morality and
realism.
 The giant period include Charles Dickens, M.W.M.
Thackeray, George Eliot, Anthony Trollope.
KINDS OF NOVELS 1
 The Picaresque Novel: is a novel from Spanish, it is one
in which episodes are loosely linked through the presence
of a wandering central character. Plot is not strong in this
kind of novel, but the emphasis is upon giving picture of
many facets of society. Example: Henry Fielding’s Joseph
Andrew.
 The Novel of Self-fulfilment: The novel is the account of
education in “the school of life”. The theme of such novels
is the way in which people strive to find themselves and to
be themselves, to find their destinity and to achieve it.
Example: Dicken’s David Copperfield .
KINDS OF NOVELS 2
 The novel of social criticism: the novel can be used as
vehicle for expression of social, even political, beliefs.
Example: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s , Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
 Satire: Some novels have been devoted exclusively to
satire (sindiran). criticism of social evil through wit.
Example: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World
KINDS OF NOVELS 3
 The Historical Novel: it presents special problems
to the author. He must take special pains to make
background vivid and authentic. There is the
problem of dialogue full of archaisms. Example:
Robert Graves’ I, Claudius and Claudius the God.
 The Romance: there is a wide market for novles
which combine adventure, a love story, and some
exotic background in the past. Such is the
Romantic Novel. Example: Baroness Orczy and
Geoffrey Farnol are well known.
KINDS OF NOVELS 4
 The Novel of Adventure: A work whose main point is
suspense, action and adventure . It is perhaps a tale rather
than Novel. Example: Stavenson’s tales, Treasure Island.
 The Thriller-Detective and Mystery Novels: like the
novel of adventure, these are often tales rather than
novels. Example: Wikie Collins’ The Moonstone.
 The Regional Novel: A number of Novelist have gained
success by portraying life and character in particular
region, in which landscape and local customs create a
small self-contained world in which human dramas can
be acted out .
How to do the assignment ?
Read the novel the great Gatsby through, attentively as a whole.
Make brief notes as referring to such passages
 What is the theme can you take? (As a whole what does the
novel explore).
 who is the main actor in the novel?
 what is the main character's character?
 explain the other actors in the story.
 Explain: 1) the Plot chronologically, 2) setting/exposition,
3)suspense? 4)Climax? 5)Resolution?
 what benefits can be drawn from the novel.
Thank you

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