Novels Books Analysis For Ordinary Level Form 3 & 4
WRITTEN LITERATURE: This is the type of literature which represents the human social realities in written form. In most of African societies written literature came after the invention of writings. Before that Oral literature was dominant because the societies were illiterate.
GENRES OF WRITTEN LITERATURE
A genre is a term used in literature when referring to the style which involves a set of characteristics.
In literature genres is used to mean the categories of written literature which have some set of differing characteristics.
Therefore, the term genre is French in origin, which denotes types or classes of literature.
Written literature has three genres
A. Novel,
B. Play
C. Poetry.
NOVEL AND SHORT STORY
A Novel is a prose fiction with a considerable length taking some fictional or imaginary characters and events. In most cases novels are very long, when they become short are called Novella.
A novel is a kind of literary work which is written in prose from. An example of a novel is Unanswered Cries by Osman Conteh
Features of a Novel
- They are long
- They take some illustrations on top of the covering paper
- They are sequential stories.
- They are divided into chapters
- They are told in monologue
- They take many characters
- They take many events
Novels Books Analysis For Ordinary Level Form 3 & 4
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