Studying the Novel

ISBN-13: 9781350171084 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 312 str.

Jeremy Hawthorn

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Contents Introduction to the eighth edition Chapter 1 Fiction and the novel The universality and the distinctiveness of fiction Fiction, play, fantasy Imaginary characters and real life Prose Narrative Characters, action, plot Novel, short story, novella Chapter 2 History, genre, culture When was the novel born? Ancestors and close relations Novel and romance Life and pattern The ‘rise of the novel’ Chapter 3 Shorter fiction The short story The novella Chapter 4 Realism, modernism, postmodernism – and beyond Realism Modernism Postmodernism The electronic revolution Chapter 5 Popular fiction Genre, the canon, and the popular Fiction for children The fiction of horror: ghosts and the gothic Science fiction The detective story The spy thriller The comic novel The graphic novel Chapter 6 Analysing fiction Prose fiction and formal analysis Narrative technique Character Plot Structure Setting Theme Symbol and image Speech and dialogue Chapter 7 Studying the novel Studying the novel in the digital age Reading, responding, criticizing How to take notes Using critics Using computers Revision / review Essays and examinations Chapter 8 Critical approaches to fiction Categorizing criticism Narratology: structuralist and rhetorical The literary critical tradition Textual approaches Contextual approaches Ideological approaches Chapter 9 Versions, adaptations, translations Versions Adaptations Translations Chapter 10 World literature and fiction World literature For whom does the novel speak today? Fiction, truth, and (recent) history The fiction of disability Timeline of the novel Glossary of terms Bibliography Index