The growth and development of English Novel
So we are going to dive a little bit deeper into the victorian era. .. its hard to imagine a time when the novel as we know it was not a common literary form in the long history of literature. The rise of novel as a popular genre is a relatively recent phenomenon. It is an extented fictional narrative written in prose something that you already know. Its a book, fictional piece typically the narrative depicts the development of a character who revolves around the plot and a theme which act as it organizing principles.
The novel is came into being after Daniel Dafoe published Robinson crusoe in 1719, during this time the novel was viewed primarily as a form of entertainment. In the mid 18th century a few steps forwarded in the development of plot and characterization and then Samuel Richardson 's novel Pamela, Clarrissa is also a wonderful fiction during that period. Following that Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones in 1749 published. Lawrence sterne's work focused on the character's conversation and remembrance intead of action for example his work Tristram shandy. So these writers inspired other writers to take the novel form in a new direction.
The Victorian period from 1832-1901 is often called the age of the novel. This period asured in the focus on realistic depictions of life that continues to this day. Victorian novels are known for the Realism that detailed on the presentation of everyday life and continued social concern, it began playing a greater role in the general society
and thus the novel became a tool for exposing societ's ills no other writers use this tool as effectively as did Charles Dickens.Dickens’s novels Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David copperfield and A Bleak house describes in riveting detail or the troubles faced by the lower classes in England.
In the 19th century a remarkable variety of English fictions were raised,where writers gave rise to several popular new subgenre. That is historical novels combined historical facts with fictional elements to recreate the spirit of past age, Charles Dickens’s the tale of two cities in 1859, where he recorded the historical account of the French revolution. At the same period the Gothic novels became extremely popular in England. The horror effect in Mary Shelley 's Frankesistein (1818) is one of them. Then Detective novels raised where mystery is the major ingredient in that Arthur Conan Doyle, who mastered this form and created Sherlock Holmes- which is still the world’s most famous detective novel. Finally then the period focused on criminals and their motives attracted the growing audience these were called Newgate fiction, which was named after a famous London prison and explore the nature of crime and violence.Thomas Hardy's Tess of D'uderbervilles (1891),which portrayed a hostile world were only the fittest prospered. So as novels developed and continued... on the way we see women novelist such as Jane austen, Elizabeth Cleghorn, George Eliot and Brontè sisters and so... women begin to develop a voice stronger than they have seen before.
In the twentieth century, the bad results of the two world wars brought great changes in the writings of fiction, new sub genre raised such as science fiction, dystopian fiction etc. In this period the authors focused on the impact, growth and development of science and technology. Eg. H.G.Wells's The time machine,The invisible man. Some revealed the darker side of human nature or dehumanising effects of modernity as well as psychological issues related to sexuality. Eg. D.H.Lawrence’s sons and lovers, women in love. Finally at the end of the period we can see the fiction developed much more some rejected the structure of the plot. This era also witnessed the growth of Feminist writers.
So we are going to dive a little bit deeper into the victorian era. .. its hard to imagine a time when the novel as we know it was not a common literary form in the long history of literature. The rise of novel as a popular genre is a relatively recent phenomenon. It is an extented fictional narrative written in prose something that you already know. Its a book, fictional piece typically the narrative depicts the development of a character who revolves around the plot and a theme which act as it organizing principles.
The novel is came into being after Daniel Dafoe published Robinson crusoe in 1719, during this time the novel was viewed primarily as a form of entertainment. In the mid 18th century a few steps forwarded in the development of plot and characterization and then Samuel Richardson 's novel Pamela, Clarrissa is also a wonderful fiction during that period. Following that Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones in 1749 published. Lawrence sterne's work focused on the character's conversation and remembrance intead of action for example his work Tristram shandy. So these writers inspired other writers to take the novel form in a new direction.
The Victorian period from 1832-1901 is often called the age of the novel. This period asured in the focus on realistic depictions of life that continues to this day. Victorian novels are known for the Realism that detailed on the presentation of everyday life and continued social concern, it began playing a greater role in the general society
and thus the novel became a tool for exposing societ's ills no other writers use this tool as effectively as did Charles Dickens.Dickens’s novels Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David copperfield and A Bleak house describes in riveting detail or the troubles faced by the lower classes in England.
In the 19th century a remarkable variety of English fictions were raised,where writers gave rise to several popular new subgenre. That is historical novels combined historical facts with fictional elements to recreate the spirit of past age, Charles Dickens’s the tale of two cities in 1859, where he recorded the historical account of the French revolution. At the same period the Gothic novels became extremely popular in England. The horror effect in Mary Shelley 's Frankesistein (1818) is one of them. Then Detective novels raised where mystery is the major ingredient in that Arthur Conan Doyle, who mastered this form and created Sherlock Holmes- which is still the world’s most famous detective novel. Finally then the period focused on criminals and their motives attracted the growing audience these were called Newgate fiction, which was named after a famous London prison and explore the nature of crime and violence.Thomas Hardy's Tess of D'uderbervilles (1891),which portrayed a hostile world were only the fittest prospered. So as novels developed and continued... on the way we see women novelist such as Jane austen, Elizabeth Cleghorn, George Eliot and Brontè sisters and so... women begin to develop a voice stronger than they have seen before.
In the twentieth century, the bad results of the two world wars brought great changes in the writings of fiction, new sub genre raised such as science fiction, dystopian fiction etc. In this period the authors focused on the impact, growth and development of science and technology. Eg. H.G.Wells's The time machine,The invisible man. Some revealed the darker side of human nature or dehumanising effects of modernity as well as psychological issues related to sexuality. Eg. D.H.Lawrence’s sons and lovers, women in love. Finally at the end of the period we can see the fiction developed much more some rejected the structure of the plot. This era also witnessed the growth of Feminist writers.
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