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::*celebrate the deeds of '''great heroes''', | ::*celebrate the deeds of '''great heroes''', | ||
::*inspire an '''emulation''' of the hero's spirit. | ::*inspire an '''emulation''' of the hero's spirit. | ||
| − | *The "rise of the novel" as defined in 1957 by Ian Watt in his book of the same title | + | *The "rise of the novel" as defined in 1957 by '''Ian Watt''' in his book of the same title |
| − | :*turned French fictional works of the 17th century into original "romances", | + | :*turned '''French fictional works of the 17th century''' into original production of '''"romances"''', |
| − | :*claimed the new romances written by Defoe and his followers to be the first real "modern novels". | + | :*claimed the new romances written by '''Defoe and his followers''' to be the first '''real "modern novels"'''. |
| − | *Research of the last two decades has detected a production of "novels" written before Defoe | + | *Research of the last two decades has detected a production of "novels" written before Defoe. Authors from Aphra Behn to Eliza Haywood have become '''"mothers of the English novel"''' in this development. |
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- The rise of the novel was originally - from the 16th into the 18th century - understood as the rise of realistic shorter stories (today called "novellas") defeating the rivaling romances
- Novels - such as Cervantes' Novelas exemplares (1613) - were supposed to
- teach through good and bad examples of what men and women did in peculiar ("novel", i.e. new) situations
- entertain with their rapidly evolving plots of intrigues (i.e. secret plans)
- avoid all lofty romantic language
- end with a point - a surprising turn of the events which the story teller could be expected to use for a more or less serious moral conclusion
- Romances - such as the Amadis which had driven Cervantes' Don Quixote into a comical heroism - were supposed to
- be long epic works of high and beautiful language
- be constructed as in successions of adventures,
- celebrate the deeds of great heroes,
- inspire an emulation of the hero's spirit.
- The "rise of the novel" as defined in 1957 by Ian Watt in his book of the same title
- turned French fictional works of the 17th century into original production of "romances",
- claimed the new romances written by Defoe and his followers to be the first real "modern novels".
- Research of the last two decades has detected a production of "novels" written before Defoe. Authors from Aphra Behn to Eliza Haywood have become "mothers of the English novel" in this development.
