Introducing English Fiction

Description

Introducing English Fiction : Dr S. Priya Dharisini : Written as per English GEC syllabus of 3rd Semester as per FYUGP (NEP) syllabus of Dibrugarh and Other Indian Universities

Content :

Unit-I Introduction to the Fiction, as a Form 7-68
 Fiction Definition 7
 The Characteristics and Types of Fiction 7
 The Formats of Fiction 9
 The Function of Fiction 9
 The Eighteenth Century and the Rise of the English Novel 10
 Daniel Defoe and the Significance of Robinson Crusoe 14
 18th Century Novelist and their Writings 24
 The Emergence of Novel in the Twentieth Century 46
 Features of the Twentieth-Century Novel 46
 Interior Monologue 47
 Oedipus Complex 50
 Treatment of Nature 51
 George Orwell and The Anti-Communist Depiction 52
 Nineteen Eighty-Four as a Prediction of Political System of the Twentieth Century 60
 Anti-Semitism Depiction in Nineteen Eighty-Four 61

Unit-II Elements of Fiction 69-174
 What is Plot? 69
 Type of Plots 69
 Functions of Plot 73
 Definition: Plot 74
 Character 83
 Types of Characters 84
 Characterization 84
 Methods of Characterization 85
 Narrative Modes 89
 Types of Narrative Modes 90
 Time and Place 101
 Narrator/Narratee 107
 The Role of the Narrator 107

 Analysis of Narrative and Importance of Point of View in Novels 109
 What is Novel? 110
 Types of point of view 111
 Telling & Showing 120
 Setting 121  Setting in Literature 124
 Implied Author and Implied Reader 129
 Mimesis 134
 Plato’s Theory of Mimesis 135
 Free Indirect Discourse 142
 Russian Formalism 165

Unit-III Forms of Fiction 175-246
 Realism and Naturalism 175
 Naturalism 176
 Picaresque 178
 Novel of Character 180
 Novel of Sensibility and Sentiment 182
 Novel of Incident 185
 Gothic Novel 188
 Epistolary Novel 192
 Stream of Consciousness 195
 Self-Reflexive Novel 208
 The New Novel 211
 Bildungsroman 214
 Erziehungsroman 217
 Künstlerroman 221
 Historical Novel 224
 Romance Novel 227
 Subgenres of Romance: 230
 Regional Novel 231

Unit-IV Forms of Fiction: New Developments 247-296
 Metafiction and Fabulation 247
 Metafiction: 247
 Fabulation: 249
 Intertextuality 251
 Graphic Novels 254
 Campus Novel 256
 Domestic Novel 260
 Science Fiction and Fantasy 263
 Magical Realism 268
 Anti-novel 271
 Hypertext Fiction 274
 Non-fiction 277
 Crime Fiction and Thrillers 280
 Novella 285