tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post1545287502466796315..comments2024-03-20T12:59:57.731+05:30Comments on Anil Pinto: I FEP Question Answers on NovelAnil Pintohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06319878948673386314noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-67714924169313509702008-10-19T01:14:00.000+05:302008-10-19T01:14:00.000+05:30i agree with you we should have more practical on ...i agree with you we should have more practical on feild training....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-7099702394001591992008-08-17T11:30:00.000+05:302008-08-17T11:30:00.000+05:30..........Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16464500207582643799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-1056678280398058252008-08-17T11:29:00.000+05:302008-08-17T11:29:00.000+05:30eben johnson08d44051 fep (aha aha aha )(egostic no...eben johnson<BR/>08d4405<BR/>1 fep (aha aha aha )(egostic noises )<BR/><BR/>q)why do we have novels in our course<BR/>a)ummm welll i think its cause christ university thinks it might help us in our future in the media industry but yeah i dunt agree ......Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16464500207582643799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-10971596716342998852008-08-08T15:18:00.000+05:302008-08-08T15:18:00.000+05:30Joshy Mathew08d44061FEPQUE. WHICH IS THE BEST SELL...Joshy Mathew<BR/>08d4406<BR/>1FEP<BR/><BR/>QUE. WHICH IS THE BEST SELLING NOVEL AMONG INDIAN NOVELS?<BR/>ANS. Chetan Bhagat's "Five Point Someone" & "One Night @ Call Centre" sold a combined 1million copies;(only the autobiography of Mahathma Gandhi sold more). Currently chetan Bhagat's "Three Mistakes of My Life" is the best seller among Indian novels.<BR/>(Ref. google.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-74729141097068665882008-08-06T06:12:00.000+05:302008-08-06T06:12:00.000+05:30Abey Jose 1st FEP 08D4475DO WE APPROVE OF MOVIES B...Abey Jose <BR/>1st FEP <BR/>08D4475<BR/><BR/>DO WE APPROVE OF MOVIES BEING MADE OUT OF NOVELS ?<BR/><BR/>A movie cannot capture all the details mentioned in the novel and present them .But most of the movies which have come out of novels have been very popular for the fact that they are the product of bestselling novels .Abey Josehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079911799938036044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-81360441727387069142008-08-05T22:57:00.000+05:302008-08-05T22:57:00.000+05:30for a novel, it is not always possible to deliver...for a novel, it is not always possible to deliver each and every message or intention clearly only through words.<BR/><BR/>author may fall down somewhere and he/she might feel a need for a picture or a further extention of writing. but if this happens, what will happen to basic novel genre?<BR/><BR/>these are the limitations of the genreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-52156700159842715052008-08-05T22:27:00.000+05:302008-08-05T22:27:00.000+05:30THE INTERDISCIPLINARY NOVEL HAS, critically, no su...THE INTERDISCIPLINARY NOVEL HAS, critically, no such "birth" period. all novels have directly or indirectly traversed over various disciplines and hence my question about interdisciplinary novel and its birth isnt invalid but ambiguous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-91804258484942519662008-08-05T20:58:00.000+05:302008-08-05T20:58:00.000+05:30POLITICS IN RATINGPolitics and rating they are alw...POLITICS IN RATING<BR/>Politics and rating they are always in a constant interplay with each other, literature is many a times subjective to political and commercial interpretation. The meaning of liberation maybe the denial in another.<BR/><BR/>· Why do we rate a novel? Uses of rating a novel?<BR/> We rate a novel to promote a novel; it also provides the readers a platform to voice their opinions. Rating is an indirect feedback to the author. Rating helps the reader to identify the quality and standard of the book. <BR/><BR/>esther jc<BR/>08d4421esthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455700215519927286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-4435437948053034292008-08-05T18:48:00.000+05:302008-08-05T18:48:00.000+05:30Yes, novels are interesting. Novels cover each and...Yes, novels are interesting. Novels cover each and every aspect of human life. Most novels provide a source of inspiration, enjoyment, information etc. Novels are written in lucid manner. The language used is common mans language, that makes it easy for people to read it. Most novels keep the suspense to the end. The curiosity to know the suspense keeps the reader immersed in reading.<BR/><BR/>Trissa Mathew<BR/>08D4438<BR/>I FEPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-13941091323455094402008-08-04T22:31:00.000+05:302008-08-04T22:31:00.000+05:30Komal SabharwalIst FEP08D4453Ques:What points shou...Komal Sabharwal<BR/>Ist FEP<BR/>08D4453<BR/><BR/>Ques:What points should a writer take care while placing a character?<BR/><BR/>1. Concreteness:Characters have specific homes, possessions, medical histories, tastes in furniture, political opinions. Apart from creating verisimilitude, these concrete aspects of the characters should convey information about the story.<BR/> <BR/>2. Symbolic association: You can express a character's nature metaphorically through objects or settings (a rusty sword, an apple orchard in bloom, a violent thunderstorm). These may not be perfectly understandable to the reader at first but they seem subconsciously right. Symbolic associations can be consciously ``archetypal''linking the character to similar characters in literature. Or you may use symbols in some private system which the reader may or may not consciously grasp. Characters' names can form symbolic associations, though this practice has become less popular in modern fiction except in comic or ironic writing.<BR/> <BR/>3.Speech: The character's speech (both content and manner) helps to evoke personality: shy and reticent, aggressive and frank, coy, humorous. Both content and manner of speech should accurately reflect the character's social and ethnic background without stereotyping. If a character ``speaks prose,'' his or her background should justify that rather artificial manner. If a character is inarticulate, that in itself should convey something.<BR/> <BR/>4.Behavior: From table manners to performance in hand-to-hand combat, each new example of behavior should be consistent with what we already know of the character, yet it should reveal some new aspect of personality. Behavior under different forms of stress should be especially revealing. <BR/><BR/>5. Motivation. The characters should have good and sufficient reasons for their actions, and should carry those actions out with plausible skills. If we don't believe characters would do what the author tells us they do, the story fails.<BR/> <BR/>6.Change: Characters should respond to their experiences by changing--or by working hard to avoid changing. As they seek to carry out their agendas, run into conflicts, fail or succeed, and confront new problems, they will not stay the same people. If a character seems the same at the end of a story as at the beginning, the reader at least should be changed and be aware of whatever factors kept the character from growing and developing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-36642310040712204362008-08-04T20:37:00.000+05:302008-08-04T20:37:00.000+05:30Rakshitha1st fep08D4456Why do we have many edition...Rakshitha<BR/>1st fep<BR/>08D4456<BR/><BR/>Why do we have many editions of a book?<BR/>-> an edition is a number of prints struck from one plate, usually at the same point in time. This may be a limited edition, with a fixed number of impressions produced on the understanding that no further impressions (copies) will be produced later, or an open edition limited only by the number that can be sold or produced before the plate wears.<BR/> editions are usually when there are any updates or when the previous edition is improvised, even when its translated into other languages to make it easy for the readers.<BR/> A "first edition" per se is not a valuable collectible book. A popular work may be published and reprinted over time by many publishers, and in a variety of formats. There will be a first edition of each, which the publisher may cite on the copyright page, such as: "First mass market paperback edition". The first edition of a facsimile reprint is the reprint publisher's first edition, but not the first edition of the work itself.<BR/> From time to time, readers may observe an error in the text (or, in the days of metal type, a piece of broken type), and report these to the publisher. The publisher typically keeps these reprint corrections in a file pending demand for a new print run of the edition, and before the new run is printed, they will be entered.<BR/> This is mostly why we have many editions of a book or novel.rakshitha.shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420925545230514438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-79353346589251366412008-08-04T20:23:00.000+05:302008-08-04T20:23:00.000+05:30Arpitha Francis08D44181 fepHow many pages does the...Arpitha Francis<BR/>08D4418<BR/>1 fep<BR/><BR/>How many pages does the longest novel contain?<BR/>The longest novel is said to be "the story of the vivian girls"written by Henry Darger.<BR/>Illustrated fantasy novel manuscript typed single-spaced with 15,145 pages in 10 volumes. Discovered after Darger's death, the manuscript has never been published. The total number of words has been estimated; some believe this might be the longest novel ever written.[1] 15,145 pages at 600 words per page (typical for old typewriters set to single spaced lines) would result in over 9 million words.<BR/>REF:wikipedia.arpithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17159007331910743679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-6939851960924544692008-08-04T18:09:00.000+05:302008-08-04T18:09:00.000+05:30Anagha08D4413I FEPQUESTION:Why is the detective no...Anagha<BR/>08D4413<BR/>I FEP<BR/><BR/>QUESTION:Why is the detective novel so popular?<BR/><BR/><BR/>ANSWER:“The Detective novel has always been related to public interest in the problems of modern, urban life, particularly in crime. But crime as a feature of Western social life was not generally recognized until the rise of large cities in the early 1800s, a period that corresponds to the creation of a mass reading public. Fascinated by and afraid of crime, new city-dwellers vilified and romanticized criminals, as well as those who fought them.<BR/><BR/>The first writing on urban crime pretended to be documentary, but it was filled with archetypes and plots from preceding fiction, particularly the gothic novel. The idea of detection and the figure of the detective that would eventually stand at the center of the genre were introduced in the early nineteenth century by a Frenchman, Francois-Eugene Vidocq in his Memoirs of Vidocq.”<BR/>-www.detnovel.comHappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113845103039257493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-86509158964870646512008-08-04T18:02:00.000+05:302008-08-04T18:02:00.000+05:30Oviya Sekar08D4429I FEPQuestion: What is the ideal...Oviya Sekar<BR/>08D4429<BR/>I FEP<BR/><BR/>Question:<BR/> What is the ideal length of a novel?<BR/><BR/>Answer:<BR/>“It sort of depends on the publisher. Here's how it works:<BR/>500-1,000 words - Flash story<BR/>1,000-10,000 words - Short story<BR/>10,000-40,000 - Novella<BR/>Now, TECHNICALLY, over 40,000 constitutes a "novel." However,<BR/>40,000-60,000 - Novelette or "Novel Lite"<BR/>60,000 and up – Novel”<BR/>-www.absolutewrite.com<BR/><BR/>“Well, officially, there are length requirements, and they're actually based on what magazines can, or used to, be able to serialize. The SF and fantasy magazines, who still buy short stories, novelettes, and novellas still post the length guidelines on their websites.<BR/><BR/>Even many adult novels, bestsellers, have been shorter than 50,000 words, and for YA, novel length is often 30,000, or even less. But even for adults, the lengths are:<BR/><BR/>Short short--1,000-2,000 words.<BR/>Short Story--2,000-7,500 words.<BR/>Novelette--7,500-17,500 words.<BR/>Novella--17,500-40,000 words.<BR/>Novel--anything over 40,000 words.<BR/><BR/>Outside of SF and Fantasy, a novella is 15,000-30,000 words.<BR/><BR/>A fair number of published, and highly successful, top of the bestseller list novels have been under 50,000 words. The shortest I can think of off the top of my head may have been The Bridges of Madison County, which came in at just about exactly 35,000 words, and it was at the top of the bestseller list three times, and set an all time sales record for adult hardcover.<BR/><BR/>The Notebook was also a massive bestseller, and it, too, came in under the 50,000 word mark.<BR/><BR/>I've seen that 50,000 word thing around the internet, too, but someone just made it up at some point. Average adult novel length is 100,000 words, but there have been thousands of adult novels that came in at 50,000 or under, though many of them, probably most, have been paperback originals.<BR/><BR/>In the end, of course, the novel length you actually have to write is whatever a given publisher says it is for a given line of books. Some lines love short novels, and some won't even look at a novel that's under 80,000 words.”<BR/>-www.writersdigest.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-58807538609460216792008-08-04T11:27:00.000+05:302008-08-04T11:27:00.000+05:30Q:Which are the top 30 bestselling novels?Ans:The ...Q:Which are the top 30 bestselling novels?<BR/>Ans:The top 30 bestsellers are:<BR/> Rank | Title | Author Results: 1-30 | 31-60 | 61-90 | 91-120 | 121-150<BR/>1. Twilight<BR/> Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown<BR/>Young adult: First in vampire love saga: Isabella falls for a vampire (F) (P) $8.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 88 Last week: 1 Entered Top 150: 8/31/2006 Peak: 1<BR/>2. New Moon<BR/> Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Young Readers<BR/>Young adult: Second in the vampire love saga (F) (P) $10.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 98 Last week: 3 Entered Top 150: 8/24/2006 Peak: 2<BR/>3. The Shack<BR/> William P. Young, Windblown Media<BR/>Man reconnects with God after death of child (F) (P) $14.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 26 Last week: 2 Entered Top 150: 1/24/2008 Peak: 2<BR/>4. Eclipse<BR/> Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown<BR/>Young adult: Third in vampire love saga (F) (H) $18.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 51 Last week: 5 Entered Top 150: 8/16/2007 Peak: 1<BR/>5. The Last Lecture<BR/> Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow, Hyperion<BR/>Professor Randy Pausch's "last lecture" on what matters most -- living (NF) (H) $21.95<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 16 Last week: 8 Entered Top 150: 4/17/2008 Peak: 1<BR/>6. Playing For Pizza<BR/> John Grisham, Dell<BR/>American's fortunes change when he plays football for the Panthers of Parma, Italy (F) (P) $7.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 19 Last week: -- Entered Top 150: 10/4/2007 Peak: 2<BR/>7. The Dangerous Days Of Daniel X<BR/> James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Little, Brown<BR/>An earthbound alien teen with superpowers seeks revenge against his parents' killer (F) (H) $20.00<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 1 Last week: -- Entered Top 150: 7/31/2008 Peak: 7<BR/>8. Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox<BR/> Eoin Colfer, Disney-Hyperion<BR/>Artemis must time travel and find extinct lemurs to save his ill mother (F) (H) $17.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 2 Last week: 4 Entered Top 150: 7/24/2008 Peak: 4<BR/>9. Play Dirty: A Novel<BR/> Sandra Brown, Pocket<BR/>Fallen football star tries to find redemption after he is released from prison (F) (P) $9.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 1 Last week: -- Entered Top 150: 7/31/2008 Peak: 9<BR/>10. Moscow Rules<BR/> Daniel Silva, Putnam<BR/>A journalist's death leads a Mossad agent to Moscow to stop a terrorist plot (F) (H) $26.95<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 1 Last week: -- Entered Top 150: 7/31/2008 Peak: 10<BR/>11. Tribute<BR/> Nora Roberts, Putnam<BR/>Romance: Former child actress finds romance while restoring her late grandmother's Virginia estate (F) (H) $26.95<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 3 Last week: 6 Entered Top 150: 7/17/2008 Peak: 1<BR/>12. Someday Soon<BR/> Debbie Macomber, Avon<BR/>Romance: Young widow meets professional soldier on San Francisco pier (F) (P) $7.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 9 Last week: 7 Entered Top 150: 5/18/1995 Peak: 3<BR/>13. Three Cups of Tea<BR/> Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin<BR/>Subtitle: "One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" (NF) (P) $15.00<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 73 Last week: 10 Entered Top 150: 3/15/2007 Peak: 4<BR/>14. When You Are Engulfed in Flames<BR/> David Sedaris, Little, Brown<BR/>Sedaris' sixth collection of essays focuses on the bizarre moments in his life (NF) (H) $25.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 8 Last week: 11 Entered Top 150: 6/12/2008 Peak: 1<BR/>15. The Host<BR/> Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown<BR/>Love triangle involving a man, a woman and the alien that possesses her (F) (H) $25.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 12 Last week: 14 Entered Top 150: 5/15/2008 Peak: 3<BR/>16. Eat, Pray, Love<BR/> Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin<BR/>Memoir; Subtitle: "One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" (NF) (P) $15.00<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 80 Last week: 24 Entered Top 150: 3/30/2006 Peak: 1<BR/>17. A New Earth<BR/> Eckhart Tolle, Plume<BR/>Subtitle: "Awakening to Your Life's Purpose"; Oprah's Book Club, Jan. 2008 (NF) (P) $14.00<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 28 Last week: 16 Entered Top 150: 10/20/2005 Peak: 1<BR/>18. The Secret<BR/> Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words<BR/>Promises to be "life-transforming for all who experience it" (NF) (H) $23.95<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 87 Last week: 21 Entered Top 150: 12/7/2006 Peak: 1<BR/>19. Into The Fire<BR/> Suzanne Brockmann, Ballantine<BR/>Ex-marine resurfaces to clear his name after he is accused of an assassination (F) (H) $25.00<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 1 Last week: -- Entered Top 150: 7/31/2008 Peak: 19<BR/>20. Fast Track<BR/> Fern Michaels, Zebra<BR/>After an enforced exile, the seven vigilantes that form the "Sisterhood" set out on a new assignment (F) (P) $6.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 5 Last week: 9 Entered Top 150: 7/3/2008 Peak: 5<BR/>21. Double Take: An FBI Thriller<BR/> Catherine Coulter, Jove<BR/>FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock investigate a murder with a psychic twist (F) (P) $7.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 5 Last week: 15 Entered Top 150: 7/3/2008 Peak: 9<BR/>22. You: Staying Young<BR/> Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, Free Press<BR/>Subtitle: "The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty" (NF) (H) $26.00<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 22 Last week: -- Entered Top 150: 11/8/2007 Peak: 1<BR/>23. Fearless Fourteen<BR/> Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's Press<BR/>Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum protects an out-of-control celebrity (F) (H) $27.95<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 6 Last week: 12 Entered Top 150: 6/26/2008 Peak: 1<BR/>24. Sail<BR/> James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Little, Brown<BR/>A widow plans an elaborate sailing vacation to reunite her family (F) (H) $27.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 7 Last week: 19 Entered Top 150: 6/19/2008 Peak: 1<BR/>25. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel<BR/> David Wroblewski, Ecco<BR/>A mute boy whose family trains dogs must deal with a tragic loss (F) (H) $25.95<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 7 Last week: 26 Entered Top 150: 6/19/2008 Peak: 25<BR/>26. The MacGregor Grooms<BR/> Nora Roberts, Silhouette<BR/>Romance: Daniel MacGregor wants his three grandsons married (F) (P) $7.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 18 Last week: 13 Entered Top 150: 10/15/1998 Peak: 2<BR/>27. Water for Elephants<BR/> Sara Gruen, Algonquin<BR/>Love, drama in a circus in the 1930s (F) (P) $13.95<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 75 Last week: 37 Entered Top 150: 6/29/2006 Peak: 4<BR/>28. Dear John<BR/> Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central Publishing<BR/>A volunteer worker and a soldier on leave find love in the aftermath of Sept. 11 (F) (P) $7.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 42 Last week: 23 Entered Top 150: 11/2/2006 Peak: 3<BR/>29. Watchmen<BR/> Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, DC Comics<BR/>Rorschach reunites with his former teammates in an attempt to save the world (F) (P) $19.99<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 2 Last week: 83 Entered Top 150: 7/24/2008 Peak: 29<BR/>30. Six Disciplines Execution Revolution<BR/> Gary Harpst, Six Disciplines Publishing<BR/>Business problem-solving solutions (NF) (H) $12.95<BR/> <BR/>Weeks in Top 150: 2 Last week: 99 Entered Top 150: 7/24/2008 Peak: 30Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-22450747457876139082008-08-04T10:38:00.000+05:302008-08-04T10:38:00.000+05:30Hima MammenRoll No: 08D4423Ist FEPQuestion:Reasons...<B>Hima Mammen<BR/>Roll No: 08D4423<BR/>Ist FEP<BR/><BR/>Question:</B><BR/>Reasons for the Novel's Popularity?<BR/><BR/><B>Answer:</B><BR/>Since the eighteenth century, and particularly since the Victorian period, the novel, replacing poetry and drama, has become the most popular of literary forms--perhaps because it most closely represents the lives of the majority of people. The novel became increasingly popular as its social scope expanded to include characters and stories about the middle and working classes. Because of its readership, which included a large percentage of women and servants, the novel became the form which most addressed the domestic and social concerns of these groups.<BR/><BR/><B>Source:</B> http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/novel.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-30450377745059827292008-08-03T15:18:00.000+05:302008-08-03T15:18:00.000+05:30How to Analyze a Novel?When you set out to critica...How to Analyze a Novel?<BR/>When you set out to critically analyze a novel, you have a mighty task ahead of you. This is not a short story, poem, or essay. Rather, it is a lengthy work of fiction, designed to create any number of emotions in you. While most of them are inspiring, the thought of having to analyze a novel is possibly terrifying because of the size of most novels. However, the beauty behind novel analysis is that there are so many things you can do. Most novels have numerous serious themes spread throughout, and many more sub-plots (sub-themes). The most important thing to remember in analyzing a novel is that — like other analyses — there is not usually a right or wrong answer. There is only an analysis that is supported with factual details and evidence from the text. Everything you will need to analyze the novel will come from the novel itself. You can always research farther; however, you can analyze a novel without going outside the ends of the book. <BR/><BR/>Follow these simple guidelines to aid in your novel analysis. <BR/>1.Read the novel closely. A close reading of a novel is different than a quick skim. If you have time, it would behoove you to read the novel at least twice. However, as a student, you probably do not have sufficient time. So, pick up the novel, a pen, and read it while making marks in the margins. Underline lines that stand out at you. These will be your best friends while analyzing it in the future. Nothing is worse than having to look back at a novel of hundreds of pages without having a clue as to where to find that specific line you remember. If you marked it during your first read through, you will be able to find specific lines much easier later on. <BR/>2.Make an appointment to speak with your teacher/professor.<BR/>While analyzing a poem or story, you have people to discuss ideas with, as they will be dealing with many of the same issues. It is helpful to share thoughts. However, when analyzing a novel, you will probably not be writing or analyzing the same thing as the rest of your peers. Your teachers will be great sources of inspiration and help. You may get stuck on a certain idea, theme, or problem; they are trained to help teach you analytical skills. After reading the novel and thinking about ideas for analysis, discuss them with a teacher. Your teacher will then sway you in a specific direction and help you organize your thoughts. <BR/>3.Select a specific topic.<BR/> Once you have read the novel, discussed it in class or in private with a tutor, you are ready to begin the analysis. You have already begun unofficially by thinking about it. Now, with the numerous issues addressed in the novel, you have your easy pick, and can focus on one specific theme to analyze in the book. A problem many students encounter in this portion is that they try to analyze too many parts of the book or too many themes. You must pick one theme (and show it in several characters) or select one character and analyze him or her. It is imperative to stay on target and not veer from you thesis (your central topic). <BR/>4.Find evidence.<BR/> Once you have decided upon a topic to analyze in the novel, you must now go through the book and find examples of how to prove your thesis (argument). If you had not previously taken notes or wrote in the book, then you will have to go page by page to find specific examples to use in your analysis. This step can be fairly time-consuming. However, without this step, you have absolutely no analysis. You must have evidence in order to analyze a novel. 5.Write an outline Like any analysis, essay, or research paper, an outline is vital. It is the skeleton of your analysis, the scaffolding that holds your ideas together. It is your organizational crutch. Your outline for the novel analysis should begin with an introduction (including a thesis statement), followed by three examples of the theme in your novel, and a conclusion bringing all the examples of the themes together. This conclusion will be significant in an analysis, for you will be putting together what you have just explained into a greater context. The conclusion is the ultimate analysis of the novel and should leave the audience/readership understanding the novel in a new light.<BR/>(bookrags.com,bookrags articles)<BR/><BR/><BR/>What is the structure of a novel?<BR/><BR/>”Dramas should be complete and whole in themselves, with a beginning, middle and an end...with all the organic unity of a living creature.” Aristotle. The key to creating a novel is to build it one scene at a time. If each scene is well crafted, it will draw the reader to the next. If scenes are unified, each leading logically to the next, and each revealing a little more about the focus characters, and each progressing toward a satisfactory answer to the story question, the novel will take shape naturally. The beginning: <BR/>1. Introduces the characters <BR/>2. Establishes the situation <BR/>3. States the conflict <BR/>4. Poses the story question (which should lead to the premise) <BR/> The middle: A progression of consequential events, involving the characters who change as a result of those events. <BR/>1. Each event must lead toward resolution of the conflict. <BR/> 2. Each event must reveal more about the characters. <BR/>3. Each event must relate A novel is an extended fictional narrative, usually written in prose. Fiction, regardless of its attempt at verisimilitude, is a created world apart, a world of the possible or probable or even the fantastic rather than the actual. Fiction is governed by its own rules and internal completeness. The only obligation of the writer is to make the story interesting. The measure of success of a work of fiction is how well or poorly the author has unified the story and controlled its impact. In The Art of Fiction John Gardner says: A novel is like a symphony in that its closing movement echoes and resounds with all that has gone before. . . . Toward the close of a novel. . . . unexpected connections begin to surface; hidden causes become plain; life becomes, however briefly and unstably, organized; the universe reveals itself, if only for the moment, as inexorably moral; the outcome of the various characters' actions is at last manifest; and we see the responsibility of free will. (184) A novel aims for a comprehensive unified effect in which all of the elements of fiction intertwine to make a comment on the human condition. <BR/>The elements of fiction are : <BR/>Plot: what happens in the story <BR/>Character: who is involved in what happens in the story <BR/>Point of View: how the story is told <BR/>Setting: where and when the story takes place <BR/>Theme: what the point of the story is An ability to identify these elements in a novel and then understand how all of these elements work together to provide the effect of the novel on the reading leads to a critical understanding of a novel. Novels © 2005 Dr. Agatha Taormina Last Revised:April 24, 2006-->--> to the premise. (SOURCE)<BR/>The end: <BR/> 1. The climax, which is the pivotal event which resolves the conflict and proves the premise. <BR/>2. The resolution, which answers the story question, if the answer is not obvious as a result of the climax. <BR/>3. Each event must relate to the premise. <BR/><BR/> Nimeshika Venkatesan<BR/> I FEP 08D4427Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-50014621246724093452008-08-03T12:00:00.000+05:302008-08-03T12:00:00.000+05:30Siddharth Venkat1st FEP 08d412 What are the diff...Siddharth Venkat<BR/>1st FEP <BR/>08d412<BR/><BR/> What are the different genres of novels?<BR/><BR/> * Campus<BR/> * Crime fiction<BR/> * Fantasy<BR/> * Gothic<BR/> * Horror<BR/> * Romance<BR/> * Spy<BR/> * Thriller<BR/> * Science fiction<BR/> * Speculative<BR/> * WesternsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-770824904185503762008-08-02T19:17:00.000+05:302008-08-02T19:17:00.000+05:30Shaliny Chandy 08D44761st FEPQ. How relevant are ...Shaliny Chandy<BR/> 08D4476<BR/>1st FEP<BR/><BR/>Q. How relevant are novels in helping us to understand a particular age and culture?<BR/> <BR/> Novels can go a long way in helping us understand a particular age and culture. For this, we need to interpret the novel historically.This involves interpreting the novel keeping in mind the social, cultural, economic and political aspects. Throughout the novel there are hints that help us in interpreting the novel in such a way. Through the events and attitudes that a novel conveys, it provides the reader with the experience of going back in time to a different way of life, in a setting that is entirely different from the one in which he/she lives. The descriptions used, the settings, the characters, their conversations, the events and all the details including the most minute ones help us in understanding the social, economic , cultural and political aspects of life in that particular time period.They give the reader a sense of living in the settings described in the novel. This is important in understanding a particular age from a broader perspective.<BR/> <BR/> While analyzing reliable sources of information regarding various social and cultural aspects, we tend to focus on information rather than the broader aspects of knowing. This broader knowing component of historical understanding cannot come through direct participation. Vicarious experience enhances this kind of historical understanding and novels can provide such experience in a condensed manner which far outstrips the scope of direct participation or observation. <BR/> <BR/> Authentic historic novels are those in which the author's version of the novel's setting involves a serious attempt to understand the historical period in which the novel is set.However, while a serious historic novelist is interested in knowing various aspects of the human condition, choosing a historic setting means that the novelist's main concern is in knowing the historic setting. The richer in authentic details the novel is, the greater is the potential. <BR/> <BR/> Also, through comparing known facts about the historical period and through references in the novel,the reader is able to construct a historically accurate picture of life in that particular period and in that particular community. Thus, the novel comes across as a very useful source of knowledge in understanding a particular age and culture.Mystiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08346779861231451601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-77487963237143196952008-08-01T21:29:00.000+05:302008-08-01T21:29:00.000+05:30Q:- Define "Novel".A:- "NOVEL" is an extended fict...Q:- Define "Novel".<BR/>A:- "NOVEL" is an extended fictional work in prose, usually in a form of a story.Long prose fiction text involving character and action and telling a story; the author's purpose is often to convey a particular idea or message about a culture or society.<BR/><BR/>Q:-Derivation of the word "NOVEL".<BR/>A:A novel (from, Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new", "news", or "short story of something new") is today a long written, fictional, prose narrative.<BR/><BR/>Syeda Sumaiya Kouser<BR/>1st FEP<BR/>08d4463Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-51249798891602464542008-08-01T20:42:00.000+05:302008-08-01T20:42:00.000+05:30JOSEPH.M.HARRIS1ST F.E.P08D4442Q:Which is the worl...JOSEPH.M.HARRIS<BR/>1ST F.E.P<BR/>08D4442<BR/><BR/>Q:Which is the worlds first novel?<BR/>A)In the year 1007 a Japanese noble woman, Murasaki Shikibu, wrote the world's first full novel<BR/>Called "The tale of Genji," it tells the story of a prince looking for love and wisdom..In its English translation it covers 54 chapters over 1,000 pages of text.<BR/><BR/>Q:Which is the first english novel?<BR/>A)Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, written circa 1470, published 1485.josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03529277290638096753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-84968680460944668652008-08-01T20:28:00.000+05:302008-08-01T20:28:00.000+05:30How do novels become bestsellers?A bestseller is a...How do novels become bestsellers?<BR/><BR/>A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and booktrade figures and published by newspapers, magazines, or bookstore chains. Some lists are broken down into classifications and specialties (number one best selling new cookbook, novel, nonfiction, etc.). The New York Times Best Seller list is one of the best-known bestseller lists for the US.<BR/><BR/>In everyday use, the term bestseller is not usually associated with a specified level of sales, and may be used very loosely indeed in publisher's publicity. Bestsellers tend not to be books considered of superior academic value or literary quality, though there are exceptions. Lists simply give the highest-selling titles in the category over the stated period. Some books have sold many more copies than contemporary "bestsellers", but over a long period of time.<BR/><BR/>Blockbusters for films and chart-toppers in recorded music are similar terms, although, in film and music, these measures generally are related to industry sales figures for attendance, requests, broadcast plays, or units sold.<BR/><BR/>Particularly in the case of novels, a large budget, and a chain of literary agents, editors, publishers, reviewers, retailers, and marketing efforts are involved in "making" bestsellers.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Early bestsellers<BR/>The term bestseller, has a relatively modern etymological origin since it was first used in 1889[citation needed], but the phenomenon of immediate popularity goes back to the early days of mass production of printed books. For earlier books, when the maximum number of copies that would be printed was relatively small, a count of editions is the best way to assess sales. Since effective copyright was slow to take hold, many editions were pirated well into the period of the Enlightenment, and without effective royalty systems in place, authors often saw little, if any, of the revenues for their popular works.<BR/><BR/>The earliest highly popular books were nearly all religious, but the Bible, as a large book, remained expensive until the nineteenth century. This tended to keep the numbers printed and sold low. Unlike today, it was important for a book to be short to be a bestseller, or it would be too expensive to reach a large audience. Very short works such as Ars moriendi, the Biblia pauperum, and versions of the Apocalypse were published as cheap block-books in large numbers of different editions in several languages in the fifteenth century. These were probably affordable items for most of the minority of literate members of the population. In 16th and 17th century England Pilgrim's Progress (1678) and abridged versions of Foxe's Book of Martyrs were the most broadly read books. Robinson Crusoe (1719) and Roderick Random (1748) were early eighteenth century short novels with very large publication numbers, as well as gaining international success.[1]<BR/><BR/>Tristram Shandy, a rather long novel by Laurence Sterne, became a "cult" object in England and throughout Europe, with important cultural consequences among those who could afford to purchase books during the era of its publication. The same could be said of the works of Rousseau, especially Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse (1761), and of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel, Die Leiden des jungen Werther (The Sorrows of Young Werther) (1774). As with some modern bestsellers, Werther spawned what today, would be called a spin-off industry, with items such as Werther eau de cologne and porcelain puppets depicting the main characters, being sold in large numbers.[2]<BR/><BR/>By the time of Byron and Sir Walter Scott, effective copyright laws existed, at least in England, and many authors depended heavily on their income from their large royalties. America remained a zone of piracy until the mid-nineteenth century, a fact of which Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain, bitterly complained. By the middle of the 19th century, a situation akin to modern publication had emerged, where most bestsellers were written for a popular taste and are now almost entirely forgotten, with odd exceptions such as East Lynne (remembered only for the line "Gone, gone, and never called me mother!"), the wildly popular Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Sherlock Holmes.<BR/><BR/>Reference<BR/><BR/>http://www.answers.com/topic/bestsellerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-24733560623770769812008-08-01T20:24:00.000+05:302008-08-01T20:24:00.000+05:30anu philip1st fep08d4444Q. Does print culture help...anu philip<BR/>1st fep<BR/>08d4444<BR/><BR/>Q. Does print culture help in the development of novel.<BR/>i think that print culture has truly helped in the development of novel and other writings . intially when the printing had started the writtings/books were circulated only among the high class people but later it started reaching to the commomnpeople also.<BR/><BR/>the invention of printing subjected both novel andromances to a first wave of trivialization and commercialization. printed books were expencive, yet something people would buy, just as people still buy expensive things they can barely affordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-48907995089702913022008-08-01T20:23:00.000+05:302008-08-01T20:23:00.000+05:30How do novels become bestsellers?A bestseller is a...How do novels become bestsellers?<BR/><BR/>A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and booktrade figures and published by newspapers, magazines, or bookstore chains. Some lists are broken down into classifications and specialties (number one best selling new cookbook, novel, nonfiction, etc.). The New York Times Best Seller list is one of the best-known bestseller lists for the US.<BR/><BR/>In everyday use, the term bestseller is not usually associated with a specified level of sales, and may be used very loosely indeed in publisher's publicity. Bestsellers tend not to be books considered of superior academic value or literary quality, though there are exceptions. Lists simply give the highest-selling titles in the category over the stated period. Some books have sold many more copies than contemporary "bestsellers", but over a long period of time.<BR/><BR/>Blockbusters for films and chart-toppers in recorded music are similar terms, although, in film and music, these measures generally are related to industry sales figures for attendance, requests, broadcast plays, or units sold.<BR/><BR/>Particularly in the case of novels, a large budget, and a chain of literary agents, editors, publishers, reviewers, retailers, and marketing efforts are involved in "making" bestsellers.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Early bestsellers<BR/>The term bestseller, has a relatively modern etymological origin since it was first used in 1889[citation needed], but the phenomenon of immediate popularity goes back to the early days of mass production of printed books. For earlier books, when the maximum number of copies that would be printed was relatively small, a count of editions is the best way to assess sales. Since effective copyright was slow to take hold, many editions were pirated well into the period of the Enlightenment, and without effective royalty systems in place, authors often saw little, if any, of the revenues for their popular works.<BR/><BR/>The earliest highly popular books were nearly all religious, but the Bible, as a large book, remained expensive until the nineteenth century. This tended to keep the numbers printed and sold low. Unlike today, it was important for a book to be short to be a bestseller, or it would be too expensive to reach a large audience. Very short works such as Ars moriendi, the Biblia pauperum, and versions of the Apocalypse were published as cheap block-books in large numbers of different editions in several languages in the fifteenth century. These were probably affordable items for most of the minority of literate members of the population. In 16th and 17th century England Pilgrim's Progress (1678) and abridged versions of Foxe's Book of Martyrs were the most broadly read books. Robinson Crusoe (1719) and Roderick Random (1748) were early eighteenth century short novels with very large publication numbers, as well as gaining international success.[1]<BR/><BR/>Tristram Shandy, a rather long novel by Laurence Sterne, became a "cult" object in England and throughout Europe, with important cultural consequences among those who could afford to purchase books during the era of its publication. The same could be said of the works of Rousseau, especially Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse (1761), and of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel, Die Leiden des jungen Werther (The Sorrows of Young Werther) (1774). As with some modern bestsellers, Werther spawned what today, would be called a spin-off industry, with items such as Werther eau de cologne and porcelain puppets depicting the main characters, being sold in large numbers.[2]<BR/><BR/>By the time of Byron and Sir Walter Scott, effective copyright laws existed, at least in England, and many authors depended heavily on their income from their large royalties. America remained a zone of piracy until the mid-nineteenth century, a fact of which Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain, bitterly complained. By the middle of the 19th century, a situation akin to modern publication had emerged, where most bestsellers were written for a popular taste and are now almost entirely forgotten, with odd exceptions such as East Lynne (remembered only for the line "Gone, gone, and never called me mother!"), the wildly popular Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Sherlock Holmes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303662.post-45673223246993920852008-08-01T19:18:00.000+05:302008-08-01T19:18:00.000+05:30Anjali John1st FEP08d4416Why do we study novel?A n...Anjali John<BR/>1st FEP<BR/>08d4416<BR/><BR/>Why do we study novel?<BR/><BR/><BR/>A novel is today a long prose narrative set out in writing. The seventeenth century genre conflict between long romances and short novels, novellas ,has brought definition of both traditions into modern usage of the term.<BR/><BR/>Today novel has become a medium of national awareness on a global scale. Well written novels examine the general questions that humans ponder. Through reading novels we can answer questions about ourselves and humanity. Many historical aspects are able to reach the readers hand easily rather than referring to some text concern. The characters referred in the novel are able to taken into heart by reading them.<BR/><BR/>They have served not merely as diversions but as companions for so much of our lives, offering hours of pleasure and,at their best, insights few of us can ever quantify. The simple joy of reading novels sometimes obscures our awareness of the deeper roles they play in our lives honing our intellect, quenching our thirsts, and shaping our sense of ourselves and of the world we live in.<BR/><BR/>Reference:<BR/><BR/>http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/novelsanjali johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17724553987716445442noreply@blogger.com