the rise of novels Flashcards
who are the fathers of english novels
daniel defoe and samuel richardson
who were the spokesman of the middle class
the 18th century novelist
novel was concered with
everything that could affect social status
novel was directed to what public
bouegeoies public
what was the writers aim
it was no more to satisfy the standards of the literary elite but to write in a simple way in order to be understood even by less well educated readers
what became the most important economic value as referred to the the novelist
speed and copiousness
what was the messagee of the novel
sense of reward and punishment linked to the puritan ethic of the middle class
how were the charactes portrayed in the novels
were realistic , protraying different human experiences
the subject of the novel
a bourgeious man and his problems
The novel in the Augustan age characters ,setting and types
Utopian novel,specific time references,common names , struggle for social success, realism
All the characters either struggled for
Social success or surviVal
All the characters could be grouped into two groups which are
The people who believed in reason like Daniel Defoe ‘s Robinson Crusoe
And those who cannot control their passion and surbodinate reason to their desires Daniel Defoe’s Moll flanders
The narrative tecniche of the novels
1) the writer was omnipresent
2) he chose either the third person narrator who was omniscient and never abandoned his characters or the first person narrator who was the main character in the story
3) a chronological sequence of events were adopted by the novelist
4) characters were rooted in a temporal dimension and references were made to particular times of the year or day
The setting
Great attention was paid to the setting
Where the action happened was very important so specific references were made to names of street and towns together with detailed descriptions of interiors . Which helped made the narrative more realistic
The type of novels
1)The realistic novel ( Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe ) realistic description of time and place
2) utopian novel ( Jonathan swifts gullivers travel ) shows imagery nation with strange new societies and people employed to satirise contempo English society
3)epistolary novel ( Samuel Richardson Pamela)which is told through letters
4) picaresque novel ( Henry fielding Tom jones ) is episodic in structure it concerns the adventures of a young hero who has to deal with tyrannical masters and misfortunes but generally manages to escape using his wits
5) anti novel ( Laurence sterne Tristram shandy ) shows that the orderly narratives of events have little relation to the disorder of human mind which is not linked to a logical sequence of event
