Novel Features

The novel is a literary genre made in prose that is usually done in the form of a narrative, in which dialogues are interspersed and is generally extensive; where facts, thoughts, passions, customs, characters and stories are portrayed, which can be fictitious or real, but with unreal tendencies to cause greater interest in the reader.

It is considered the most complex literary genre, since within its structure genres are usually present, such as lyrical, epic, drama and comedy, in addition to being present several literary resources such as the chronicle, the narrative, the biography, the oratory, the dialogue, the letter, the diary and others.

It is customary to differentiate it from the story, both by the length of the work and by the complications that occur in the plot, and the greater diversity of characters and granularity of character descriptions and places.

Aspects and characteristics of the novel:

It is distinguished by being a description guided by a narrative voice that recounts the events and by the intercalation of dialogues between the characters, as well as monologues in which a character can talk to himself, similar to what happens in life real. In addition to the fact that you can know what the character thinks by describing his thoughts by the narrator, which gives a touch of realism to the plot of the novel.

The novel stands out for telling fictitious events and events, or real ones with fictitious connotations, in which the plot and the lives of the characters are developed.

In a novel, its own world is created through narration, in which the characters, places, times and facts, give a credible appearance of a real existence, despite being facts and events imaginary.

He specializes in the profusion of detail, both in detailing the physical and psychological traits of the characters, as well as the details of the places and events that occur in the plot, as well as the times in which things happen within the novel. The physical, moral or psychological faculties or defects of the character are described, as well as the way of thinking of him, which It gives a more real appearance to the character, making the plot something more similar to reality, and therefore more believable.

A novel can have several parallel, isolated or interrelated stories, in which the characters are related in one way or another.

novels are distinguished by their ability to handle several protagonists and antagonists, differing from the story, in which there is usually only one main character.

novels are an instrument with which to criticize the society in which one lives, as in novels satirical, picaresque and other genres that on many occasions have been used as political criticism or Social.

Novels stand out because they can include a wide variety of themes within this literary genre; among these can be mentioned, the adventure novel, love, historical, humorous, satirical, biographical, autobiographical, social, chivalric, fantastic, pastoral, science fiction, psychological, manners, etc. Covering universal themes common to the human being.

The novel has been distinguished by its versatility and capturing the interest of the public, which is why which has been adapted to theater, film, radio and television, a number of novels.

Examples of novels are:

• The Satyricon of Petronio (novel of classical antiquity).
• Amadis de Gaula (novel of the Middle Ages).
• Utopia of Tomás Moro (novel of the modern age).
• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
• Ana Karenina,
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
• Lost Illusions, by Honorato de Balzac
• El Zarco, by Manuel Altamirano, (novels of the contemporary age).
• The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
• The foundation,
• Foundation and empire, Isaac Asimov,
• One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez, (current novels).