1. Realism in the fiction in the novel
... too general to be capable of concrete demonstration: for such demonstration to be possible the relationship of realistic particularity to some specific aspects of narrative technique must first be established. Two such aspects suggest themselves as of especial importance in the novel- characterization, and presentation of background: the novel is surely distinguished from other genres and from previous forms of fiction ... it is, it often reaffirms, in the last instance, the way things are. The inevitably subjective and therefore indeterminate status of reality is powerfully dramatized ...
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- Grade Level: Graduate