English word derived from Italian term Novella ( A little new thing ) is equal to German term Novelle/ Novelette ( A prose fiction of middle length) while In European languages Its called Roman derived from middle term Romance.

Definition-
A comic epic in prose by Fielding
A loose baggy monsters by Henry James
A bright book of life by DH Lawrence.

Novel of Incidents- Daniel Defoe
Novel of Character ( Psychological Novel)- Samuel Richardson
Novel of Manners- Jane Austen
Realistic Novel and Prose Romance occurred.

Picaresque Novel- Spainsh term Picaro is origin of this word conveys Rogue or rascal where Ruguish one lives in corrupted society with his wits.

Father Of Picaresque novel- Thomas Nashe.

Godfather of English novel- Geoffrey Chaucer
Father of Historical novel- Sir walter Scott
One variant of 20th century historical novel is Documentary Fiction.

Father of English Social novel- Charles Dickens
Emphasising on social and economic conditions of society shaping characters and determining events.

Father of Domestic novel- Jane Austen
Father of Magic realism- Franz Koh
Father of science fiction- Jules Verne
Father of meta fiction or surfiction- Robert Scholes
Father of Fabulation- Robert Scholes.

Novel introduced in 18th century along with periodical essays.

Four Wheels of English Novels -
Henry Fielding
Samuel Richardson
Tobias Smollett
Laurence Sterne

Three Forms of fiction-
Novel
Romance
Short story

Forms of Non fiction-
Essay
Pamphlet
Travelogue
Treatise
tracts
Biography
Autobiography
Memoir

Four Novelists of Great Tradition -

Jane Austen
George Eliot
Henry James
Joseph Conrad.


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