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Novel – a long, written narrative, normally in prose, which describes fictional characters and events, usually in the form of a sequential story. Novella – a written, fictional, prose narrative normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel.
Novel series by genre (13 C) * Films based on novels by genre (10 C) 0–9. 1970s novels by genre (1 C) A. Action novels (27 P) Adventure novels (11 C, 20 P)
The hero's journey is the most popular narrative structure of an adventure novel. [5] Adventure fantasy Heroic fantasy; Lost world; Sword-and-sandal; Sword-and-sorcery; Sword-and-soul; Wuxia; Nautical. Pirate; Robinsonade; Spy: fiction involving espionage and establishment of modern intelligence agencies. Spy-Fi: spy fiction that includes ...
Genre fiction, also known as formula fiction [1] or popular fiction, is a term used in the book-trade for fictional works written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre in order to appeal to readers and fans already familiar with that genre.
[32] [38] Belenggu was the only novel published by the magazine [38] and the first Indonesian psychological novel. [1] In 1969, Belenggu received the first annual Literary Prize from the government of Indonesia, along with Marah Rusli 's Sitti Nurbaya (1922), Salah Asuhan , and Achdiat Karta Mihardja 's Atheis ( Atheist ; 1949).
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. [1] The word derives from the Italian: novella for "new", "news", ...
The highest-ranked book on the list was the Elena Ferrante novel My Brilliant Friend published in 2012. Authors Ferrante, Jesmyn Ward, and George Saunders each had three books on the list, the most of any author.
The novel was "the only genre born of this new world and in total affinity with it" (Bakhtin 1981:7), and was therefore the most apt form for literary expression in the modern world. One interesting observation in the essay is the ability of the novel to influence and ‘ novelize ’ other genres.