History of the Novel

4.1 History of the Novel

1) The gift of the 18th century:-Two forms 1) Periodical Essay 2) Novels.
The world’s First Novel‘Tale of Genji’ by Murasaki Shikibu
The First Europian Novel’Don Quixote ‘by Miguel de Cervantes

Indian Scenario1)The first Indian English Novel-Rajmohan’s wife by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya 2) Mulkraj Anand,R.K.Narayan and Raja Rao 3)Anita Desai, Nayantara Sahgal,Arun Joshi and Manohar Malgaonkar. 4)Amitav Ghosh,Vikram Seth, Upamanyu Chatterjee.

Novella

It is a short novel or a long story, well structured, satiric or realistic focus on incident, one or two main characters.          

Novella

Elements of the Novel

Types of Novel