ENGLISH LITERATURE :
THE PICARESQUE NOVEL:
However the picaresque novel is a novel that deals with a rogue life. The word 'picaresque' is taken from PICARO means rogue or rascal. The hero of the novel is man of low quality & character. He moves from this time to that place. He belongs to a low social class.
In fact, Thomas Nashe is called the father of this genre of novel. The word -picaresque was coined in 1810. Initially this genre of novel began with the publication of Spanish November Lazarillo de Tormes in 1554.
It is found that the basic themes of this type of novel are- Solitude, hunger, gullibility and so forth.
In this Type of novel readers usually find seven special qualities. They are-
A) The first person narrative.
B) The main character or the protagonist belongs to a low quality social life or background.
C) The plot of the story is hardly found
D) There is hardly any character development.
E) Language used is realistic.
F) There is satirical element.
G) The protagonist has negative/criminal attitude.
DEFINITION OF NOVELLA:
The word 'Novella' means new. As defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, novella means 'a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story or a novel.' However, it has been understood that a Novella is a narrative prose fiction having shorter length that most of the novels. This word has been derived from Italian word -novella. Its meaning is a short story related to facts or truth.
This is a special genre of literature which was initially developed in Italy during the Renaissance.
DREAM ALLEGORY::
Dream allegory which is also called Dream vision is an allegorical tale presented in the narrative framework of a dream. Specially popular in the middle Ages, the device made more acceptable fantastic and bizarre world of personification and symbolic objects characteristic of medieval allegory. Some well known examples of dream allegory include the first part of Roman De La Rose (13th century), Chaucer's book of the Duchess (1369-70), Pearl (late 14th century), Piers Plowman (c.1360- c. 1387), attributed to Williams Langland, William Dunbars.. The Thissil and the Rois and The Goldyn Targe (early 16th century) and Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (1678).
COURTLY LOVE::
Courtly Love was a medieval European literary conception of love that emphasised nobility and chivalry.
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