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THE 18TH CENTURY NOVEL - Coggle Diagram
THE 18TH CENTURY NOVEL
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THE NOVELIST
to write in a simple way so as to be understood by everybody and also by the less-educated readers (his aim is no longer to satisfy the standards of patrons and the literary élite).
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THE NOVEL
primarily concerned with everything that could affect social status and mainly directed to a bourgeois public
THE MESSAGE OF THE NOVEL
the story was particularly appealing to the practical-minded tradesman, self-made, self-reliant.
sense of reward and punishment, related to the Puritan ethics of the middle class
THE CHARACTERS
the writer aimed at REALISM: he portrayed different human experiences. realism was linked to the WAY a life experience was presented (use of contemporary names for examples, long list of details and precise descriptions )
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THE NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE
OMNIPRESENT WRITER: the writer is always present (either THIRD-PERSON narrator who was omniscient and never abandoned his characters or FIRST-PERSON narrator, who was the main character in the story).
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THE SETTING
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specific references to names of streets and towns, detailed descriptions of interiors...