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the novel
when? and where?
18th century
fathers
Samuel Richardson
Daniel Defoe
the story followed a chronological sequence
specific temporary references
great attention to the setting
helped to make the novel more realistic
what?
messages of reward and punishment from the Puritan's ethic
the writer aimed at realism
different types of novels
realistic novel: realistic descriptions of time and place
utopian novel: imaginary worlds to satirise contemporary society
epistolary novel: told through letters
picaresque novel: hero who has to deal with misfortunes but succeeds
anti-novel: the disorder of the human mind
who?
directed to the middle-class
practical-minded tradesman
hero of the narrative
struggled for survival or success
the reader was expected to sympathise with them
can be divided in two groups
those who believe in reason
those who cannot control their passion
contemporary names
the writer was omnipresent
third-person
first-person, omniscent
why?
circulating libraries for illiterate lower-classes
increase in the reading public
authors wrote in order to be understood
speed and copiousness became important economic virtues
even upper- and middle-class women