INTRODUCTION The novel has continued to be the most popular genre of literature and part of its popularity lies in the realistic presentation of events and characters in it. This is referred to as realism. […][…]
INTRODUCTION In this article we will study a prose narrative work in detail and decide if we can classify it as a novel. The work is John Bunyan’s The Pilgrims Progress published in 1678. The full […][…]
INTRODUCTION In this article, we are going to study another text, Gulliver’s Travel by Jonathan Swift. In the course of our discussion, we will discover why scholars are reluctant to consider it as a novel. […][…]
INTRODUCTION The English novel emerged in the 18th Century with early English writers who made notable contributions towards the establishment of the present form of the novel in that Century. One of the important contributions […][…]
INTRODUCTION The earliest English novels in a wider historical context began to emerge in the middle of the 18th century, a period that was characterised by a lot of socio-political changes in England. The English […][…]
INTRODUCTION In this article, we are going to study one of the first English novels by one of the earliest novelists, Samuel Richardson. He stands out as one of the early English novelists because he […][…]
INTRODUCTION In this article, we are going to study another English novel, Tom Jones by Henry Fielding who is another great novelist of the 18th Century who contributed immensely to the development of the novel. […][…]
INTRODUCTION In this article, you will be introduced to the Victorian Age which is considered the golden age of the English novel. We discuss the historical background of the age and its influence to the […][…]