1)Realistic novel :The realistic novel tends to take place in the present or recent past.It gives the effect of realism.It is also called as a novel of manner. It can be characterized by its complex characters with mixed motives that are rooted in the social class. The characters are involved in events that could happen and live in places that could be or are real. The characters seem like real people with real issues solved in a realistic way.
Ex.1)The Hate U Give -Angie Thomas.
2)The Book Thief -Markus Zusak
3)Evelina -Frances Burney
2)Picaresque novel : The word 'picaresque' is originated from the Spanish word 'Picaro' which means
'a rogue'or 'rascal'. This prose fiction depicts the adventures of a roguish but appealing hero of low social class who lives by his wits in a corrupt society. This type of novel is usually written in first person and in an episodic form. Satire is sometimes a prominent element of picaresque novel.
Ex.1)Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes
2)The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
3)Mall Flanders -Daniel Defoe
3)Historical novel ; A historical novel is a novel set in a period earlier than that of the writing.It attempts to convey the spirit, manners and social conditions of a past age with realistic detail fidelity to historical fact.
Ex.1)March Violets - Philip Kerr
2)Kaputt - Curzio Malaparte
3)Orlando - Virginia Woolf
4)Epistolary novel ; The word 'epistolary' derives from the Latin word 'epistola',which means a 'letter'.The epistolary novel is that in which the writer presents the narrative through a series of correspondence or other documents. Although letters are the most common basis for epistolary novel, diary entries are also a popular form of this type of novel.
Ex.1)Pamela -Samuel Richardson
2)Dracula -Bram Stoker
3)Lady Susan - Jane Austen
5)Gothic novel : The Gothic novels include mystery, horror, terror, thriller, supernatural elements, death, doom,or decay or haunted buildings are called the Gothic novels.This genre of fiction is having a pseudo-medieval setting.
Ex.1)Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole
2)Italian - Ann Radcliffe
3)The Monk ;A Romance -Matthew Gregory Lewis
6)Autobiographical novel :The autobiographical novel is based on the life of the author. The author may change the places or the names of characters or even certain details of his life experiences.This novel may or may not in the first person narration.
Ex. 1)David Copperfield -Charles Dickens
2) Sons and Lovers - D. H. Lawrence
3)The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
7)Allegorical novel : An allegory is a work of art which includes the characters ,images,and events act as symbols.The symbolism in an allegory can be interpreted to have a deeper meaning.The surface meaning of such novel is different from the symbolic meaning of it. The symbolic meaning of an allegory may be political, religious,historical or philosophical,or spiritual truth.
Ex. 1)Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan
2) Lord Of The Flies -William Goldings
3) The Alchemist - Paulo coelho
8)Utopian /Dystopian novel : Utopian or Dystopian fiction are genres of speculative fiction that explore social and political structures.Utopian fiction portrays a setting that agrees with the author's ethos whereas Dystopian fiction offers the portrayal of a setting that completely disagrees with the author's ethos. Both utopian and dystopian are commonly found in science fiction and other types of speculative fiction.
Ex. 1) The Republic - Plato
2)News From Nowhere - William Morris
3) Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
9)Psychological novel : Psychological novel is the work of fiction in which the thoughts, feelings, and motivations of the characters are of equal or greater interest than is the external action of the narrative.It treats the internal life of the protagonist or even the other characters as much as the external factors.
Ex. 1)Villette - Charlotte Bronte
2) Into The Water - Paula Hawkins
3) Romola - George Eliot
10) Stream of consciousness novel :The stream of consciousness is one of the distinguishing features of a Psychological Novel. It is an important aspect of a psychological novel. The term 'stream of consciousness' was coined by the American philosopher and psychologist, William James in his treatise 'Principles of Psychology' (1890). It means the flow of thoughts, incidents in the plot are in the sequence of their occurrences. The novelist narrates them as they enter the mind of the character.
Ex.1)Pilgrimage - Dorothy Richardson
2)Ulysses- James Joyce
3)To The Lighthouse- Virginia Woolf
11)Bildungsroman novel : The term comes from the German word 'Bildung' (education) and 'Roman'
(novel). The German word 'Bildungsroman' indicates 'growth'. This literary genre focuses on the
psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood.
Ex.1)Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte
2)The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Mark Twain
3) David Copperfield- Charles Dickens.
