The Study of a Novel

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D.C. Heath, 1905 - 331 pages
 

Contents

The Paragraph
10
Minor Divisions
12
Prose and Verse
13
Dramatic and Nondramatic Form
15
Nondramatic Form
16
Dialogic Form in General 16 Soliloquy and Monologue 17 Duologue
17
19
18
Concerted Speech
19
Documentary Form in General
20
Epistolary Form
21
Syntax
22
Vocabulary
23
Phonology
27
CHAPTER II
28
Sequence
29
The Principal Masses
30
Sequence of Dramatic and Nondramatic Masses
31
Beginning Middle and
32
Movement and Situation
33
Event and Incident
34
The Scene
36
Episode
37
Lines of Interest 35 The Line of Emotion 36 Points
38
Climax and Foiling
39
Reciprocity
40
Analysis of Simpler Narratives
41
CHAPTER III
42
43
44
Meaning of Plot
47
Necessity and Ideality of Narrative Plot
48
Action and Narration
49
Story
51
The Plot Proper
52
The Single Action
53
Sequence of Simple Narratives
56
The Dramatic Line
57
Character Point of View
58
The Climax
59
The Catastrophe
60
Types of Plot
61
Motivation
62
Motivating Forces
63
General Time Setting
64
Detailed Time Settings
65
The Narrator His Point of View
66
Temporal Point of View
67
Circumstantial Settings
68
Spatial Point of View
69
Vague and Exact Settings
70
Natural Social and Socialized Settings
71
Author and Dramatis Personæ
72
Distribution
73
Further Economy
74
Composition
75
Number
76
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78
THE DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
91
Chapter Distribution 78 Grouping in General
93
Successive Groups
94
Foreground Middleground and Background Characters
96
Central Characters
97
Association of Characters
99
Character Change
100
Relation to the Author
101
Reality and Ideality
102
Individuals and Types
104
Social Groups
105
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106
Psychological Groups
107
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107
132
Historical Period
138
General Conception
150
151
151
Personal Episode
152
National and Racial Influences
153
Linguistic Influence
154
Literary Influence
155
Objectivity
156
Immediate Social Environment
157
Human Nature
158
The Influence of Nature
159
Humor
162
CHAPTER XI
166
The Plan
169
Psychology of the Process
176
The Data
182
The Essay
183
The Lyric
184
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185
External Nature
201
THE INFLUENCE OF A NOVEL 160 Popularity of Fiction
202
The Data 162 Time Distribution
203
Place Distribution
204
Influence upon Literature
205
The Supernatural
207
Influence upon Individuals
208
Kind and Degree of Influence 168 Perceptual Effect
209
Sensational Effect
211
Emotional Effect
212
Conceptual Effect
213
Volitional Effect
214
The Causes of Influence
216
Journalism
229
Other Types of Literature
230
CHAPTER XIII
232
Classification of the Arts 189 Method of Study
233
The Drama
234
Painting
237
Sculpture
239
Music
241
Architecture
243
Landscape Gardening
245
CHAPTER XIV
247
Language as External Material
248
The Value of Form 200 Individuality of a Work of
249
UnityGeneral Design
250
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Artistic Truth
257
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Judgment of a Novel
263
Systematic Analysis of a Novel
265
Types of Prose Fiction
279
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The Main Theme
281
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282
O PAGE 225
283
Notes on the History of Novelistic Criticism
286
CHAPTER XII
292
Bibliography and References
309
INDEX
319
COMPARATIVE RHETORIC
321
Nature of the Study 176 The Forms of Discourse 177 Prose and Poetry 178 Prose and Verse 179 The Short Story 180 The Epic 181 Biography
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