Novel

Novel

1. Invented prose narrative of considerable length and complexity that narrates a connected sequence of events involving a group of persons in a specific setting.

2. This subgenre mixes different types of literary devices from other genres like: dialogue, metaphors, imagery

3. Extensive range of types and styles: epistolary, Gothic, romantic, realist, historical, mystery, horror, thrillers, fantastic epic, etc

   • Classic Novels
     • Jane Eyre - Charlote Brontë
     • Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
     • Moby Dick - Herman Melville
     • Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
     • The Great Gatsby - Scott F. Fitzgerald
     • Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
     • Ana Karenina - Lev Tolstoi
     • Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
     • Dracula - Bram Stoker
     • Alice's adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
   • Contemporary Novels
     • The name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
     • Perfume: story of a murderer - Patrick Süskind
     • 1984 - George Orwell
     • The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
     • Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling
     • Charlie and the chocolate factory - Roald Dahl
     • A clockwork orange - Anthony Burgess
     • Le petit prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
     • Millennium trilogy - Stieg Larsson
     • Norwegian wood - Haruki Murakami
     • Beloved - Toni Morrison
     • The handmaid's tale - Margaret Atwood
     • In cold blood - Truman Capote

4. Events are not necessarily narrated in chronological order

5. Characteristics:

   • The narration of human events with artistry
     • Integration of diverse, intertwined stories
       • Fictitious characters structured under real aspects.
         • Narration is mixed with dialogue
           • May have different arguments