1. Novelist of the Transition age
Name: Jignesh K. Panchasara
Roll no:9
Enrollment No: 3069206420200013
Paper No: 5 History of English Literature
Topic: Novelist of the Transition age
M.A Sem: 1
Batch: 2020-2022
Email Id: jigneshpanchasara5758@gmail.com
Submitted To: S.B. Gardi Department of English MKBU
2. Four wheels of the 18th century
Novelist
Henry
fielding
Tobias
Smollet
Lawrenc
e stern
Samuel
Richards
on
3. What is Novel
• Definition: A “Novel” is a fictitious Prose. It tells a story.
It shows the picture of real life.
• The term Novel comes from the Italian ‘Novella’. It tells
a new short story.
• I think Minimum 70,000 words in the book so we can
say that it’s novel.
4. Characteristics of the Novel
• A fictional Prose work
• Usually divided into chapters
• Relatively Long and often complex plot
• Story Traditionally develops through the thoughts and
action of It’s characters
5. History of the 18th century Novels
*The History of English literature begins with the Daniel
Defoe wrote the realistic stories.
*Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe
*Jonathan swift’s Gulliver Travels
*In 18th century Novel’s perfect form developed by Samuel
Richardson.
7. The Life of Samuel Richardson
* Samuel Richardson (1689- 1761) He was (19
August 1689 -4 July 1761) an 18th century
English writer and printer.
*Very little Education and did not go beyond
English.
*He Expanded the dramatic possibility of the
novel by his invention and use of the letter form.
*He Established the novel as we know it : a long
prose narrative concerned with the actual world
and the men and women who inhabit it. He
created the novel of character.
8. The Novel of Richardson
*Pamela
*Clarissa
*The History of Sir Charles Dickens
9. Henry Fielding
*Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754 )
* Novelist and Dramatist in 18th century
*Born on April 22,1707 in England
Educated from Eton college.
*A deep knowledge of Life
*In order to make a living for himself ,he
began to write plays and faces for the
stage.
*Father of English Novel Founder of The
English Realistic novel •
* He Criticized Government and Social
Conventions
10. The novels of Henry Fielding
*Joseph Andrews
*The history of Tom Jones
11. Tobias Smollett
*Tobias Smollett (1721-1771)
* Full name Tobias George Smollett
*Scottish satirical Novelist ,best known
for his picaresque novels
He utilized - The picaresque novel
*The hero is roguery Major Novels The
adventures Of Roderick Random
(picaresque)
*The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker
The adventures of peregrine Pickle
(Epistolary)
*The adventures of Ferdinand, Count
Fathom
* The adventures of sir Lancelot
Greaves
12. Laurence Sterne
*Laurence Sterne (1713-1768)
* Irish Novelist and an Anglican
Clergyman
*Published many sermons.
*Published The single most
idiosyncratic novel of the century
*experiments with the structure and
organization of the novel.
* wrote Travel writing ,which prominent
in 18th century.
* Sentimental Journey through France
and Italy
13. Reference
• Burgess, Anthony. "Novel". Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Nov.
2020, https://www.britannica.com/art/novel.
Accessed 10 February 2021.
• Long, William J. English Literature: Its History and Significance
for the Life of the English-speaking world. Simon and Schuster,
2013.
