ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is Epistolary Novel?
A
a novel of short length
B
a novel personal feelings
C
a Novella
D
a novel of correspondence among the characters
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The term “epistolary novel” refers to the works of fiction that are written in the form of letters or other documents. “Epistolary” is simply the adjectival form of the noun epistle, from the Latinized Greek for letter. The letter as a written genre, of course, predates the novel itself.

Detailed explanation-2: -Any correspondence or communication written in the form of a letter or series of letters is said to be epistolary.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary novel first published in 1740 by English writer Samuel Richardson.

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