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PAPER ID: IJIM/Vol. 8 (V) September 2023/21-24/5
AUTHOR: Dinesh Kumar
TITLE: DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH NOVEL: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
ABSTRACT : In English literature, we come across different genres: poetry, fiction, drama, short story and memoirs. As we know that literature is the mirror of society as well as our life, so is novel that projects human life in different hues and colours. Since the beginning of English literature, novel developed in one form or another. But, the reality is that English literature took a new turn and direction with the growth of fictional works. Its presence on the literary scene can be witnessed in the eighteenth century when Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift showed their interest in novel writing. With the rise of the “four wheels” in English literature, novel as a genre was liked and constantly read by reading public in England. Richardson started writing novel with his famous work, Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded in which he dealt with the idea of morality. Henry Fielding, who is known as the father of English novel, wrote parody of Pamela through his small pamphlet, Shamela which, later on, it came to forefront with his masterpiece, Joseph Andrews.
KEYWORDS: Fiction, reality, rise, growth, society, literature.
