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NOVELS (The most influential novelist of the 18 century were (Robinson…
NOVELS
1)
The term derives from
the italian 'Novella'
it means extended fictional narrative in prose
2)
The reason why
novels became so popular in the 18 century
were there a reading public who wanted to read the,
3)
To be popular literary prose needed
follow example of journals
4)
Middle class readers
were not interested in storied written in an abstruse or obsolete style
They wanted to read stories written in a simple, realistic and factual style.
They also wanted to be entertained reflected their world and made them think about their own experiences.
5)
This explains why many of the protagonists of 18 century novels were middle-class characters.
6)
The 18 century was the age in which Empiricism triumphed
in particular re-evaluated the importance of experience
18 century novels were meant to be a picture of real life
Novel became very popular during this period, they took the place of drama as the most democratic of all art forms.
7)
Novels were granted more freedom of expression
and became the genre in which social critisism took place
Novelists didn’t have any specific rules to follow.
The most influential novelist of the 18 century were
Robinson Crusoe (1719)
Daniel Defoe
Jonathan Swift
Samuel Richardson
Henry Fielding
Laurence Sterne