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प्रश्न
Write a short note on:
Style of the novel
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उत्तर
The language and techniques used by the author to describe the series of events in the story is known as ‘style’. The author can either use a wide range of sophisticated words or he may choose to be concise and to the point. This depends upon which better suits the purpose of the story and is decided by the author. The author may also make use of linguistic devices to make his story more effective and powerful.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Pick out the odd element from the group.
Place, Period, Theme, Climate, Lifestyle
Complete the following statement:
The two types of conflicts that the plot may have are _______.
Complete the following statement:
The word ‘picaresque’ originated from _______.
Complete the following statement:
The epistolary novel presents the narrative through _______.
Complete the following statement:
In the eighteenth century, the middle class could get time for reading and discussing novels because _______.
Write a short note on:
Novella
Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the sentence:
Eighteenth century gifted mankind with _____________
Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the sentence:
Novel soon became dominant literary genre as it _____________
Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the sentence:
Indian writers in English Novel initially wrote about the theme of _____________
Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the sentence:
Gothic novel contains ________________
Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the sentence:
Strike out the unnecessary Detective fiction is ____________.
A novel is relatively a _______ narrative.
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote ___________
‘The Pilgrims Progress’ is a Novel written by ___________
_____________ is the pioneer of the ‘Stream of Consciousness’ technique in English novel.
Joseph Conrad wrote the novella named as _____________
Given below are some novels, events and writers of Indian English. Arrange them in chronological order.
- Rise of famous Indian Trio
- Nayantara Sahgal, Arun Joshi, Manohar Malgaonkar
- Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Kiran Nagarkar
- Rajmohan’s Wife by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
A Novel is relatively a short narrative.
‘Tale of Genji’ is described as world’s first novel.
Middle class people had a little interest in romances and tragedies.
Novel gave voice to the aspirations and longings of middle class.
The women novelists haven’t contributed significantly in English Literature.
Setting doesn’t affect plot or characters.
The struggle in between opposite forces in a story is called as conflict.
Epistolary Novel is a series of correspondence, other documents and diary entries as well.
Match essential elements of the novel in column A with relevant points in column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Theme | a) can be a thumbnail or deep detailed sketch |
| 2. Plot | b) the background of the story |
| 3. Character | c) philosophical statement, a central idea |
| 4. Setting | d) Course of the events |
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Agatha Christie | a) stream of consciousness |
| 2. William James | b) crime fiction |
| 3. George Eliot | c) science-based novels |
| 4. Mary Shelly | d) psychological novels |
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Virginia Woolf | a) gothic novels |
| 2. Mary Shelly | b) novel of manners |
| 3. Frances Burney | c) science-based novels |
| 4. Ann Radcliffe | d) stream of consciousness |
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Rise of the middle-class | a) 18th century literature characteristics |
| 2. The spirit of realism and denial of romanticism | b) Industrial Revolution |
| 3. Novel and periodical essay | c) Stories of ideal love and adventures |
| 4. The tales of Greek romances | d) Novel as a literary genre |
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. The flow of thoughts | a) Bildungsroman novel |
| 2. The internal life of the protagonist | b) Stream of Consciousness |
| 3. The novel based on the life of the author | c) Psychological novel |
| 4. The growth of protagonist’s mind, spirit and characters | d) Autobiographical novel |
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Daniel Defoe | a) Gulliver’s Travels |
| 2. Jonathan Swift | b) Robinson Crusoe |
| 3. Samuel Richardson | c) The Pilgrim’s Progress |
| 4. John Bunyan | d) Pamela |
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Picaresque Novel | a) bears more than one layers of meaning. |
| 2. Historical Novel | b) speculative fiction |
| 3. Allegorical Novel | c) adventures of an eccentric protagonist |
| 4. Utopian Novel | d) set in an earlier period than of the writing. |
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Thomas Mann | a) The Heart of Darkness |
| 2. John Steinbeck | b) The Turn of the Screw |
| 3. Henry James | c) Death in Venice |
| 4. Joseph Conrad | d) Pearl |
The Periodical Essay and Novel are the gifts of ______________.
Appearance of newspaper in 18th century attracted a large number of readers from ___________.
Rise of Novel as a literary genre resulted in lowering the importance of ____________.
Salman Rushdie, V. S. Naipaul, Kazuo Ishigura are __________.
Pick the odd word out:
Pick the odd word out:
Pick the odd word out:
Pick the odd one out:
Match the following items from column ‘A’ with those from column ‘B’:
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| (a) Oroonoku | (i) Joseph Conrad |
| (b) The Heart of Darkness | (ii) John Bunyan |
| (c) Frankenstein | (iii) Aphra Behn |
| (d) The Pilgrim’s Progress | (iv) Mary Shelly |
Struggle between the opposite forces in the story is called ______.
Match the columns:
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| (1) Novel | (a) Greek Romances |
| (2) 18th Century Literature | (b) Middle class readers |
| (3) 2nd to 6th Century | (c) A long narrative fiction |
| (4) Newspapers and magazines | (d) Spirit of Realism |
The novel that bears more than one level of meaning is called ______ novel.
______ novel is concerned with the protagonist’s overall growth from childhood to adulthood.
______ novel is a novel based on the author's life.
The novel based on an imaginary community possessing the ideal qualities is called ______ novel.
