English Literature Guide

Examine A Tale of Two Cities, a blend of history and fiction. Two what extent  A Tale Of Two  Cities,   a blend of history and fiction.                                                            OR Examine ATale of Two Cities , a blend of history and fiction. Answer :-History is fact and novel is fictitious. The historical novel is an attempt to recreate life and times of particular and build up fictitious stories on the backdrop of a particular period. A Tale of Two Cities is aptly called a tale than a novel. It is also because there is more fiction than facts.                                                 Dickens A tale of two cities is a historical novel without much history. Dickens also does not portray the entire drama of French revolution, in fact, he has focused on a few causes and effects of the revolution; the reign of terror, a group of private individuals who are influenced by the turn of events against their will, the Bastille and the guillotine are the

Write a note on the development of the English novel during the 18th century. Answer :-Before 1700 novel did not exist in a literary form, then Denial Defoe who is considered as the father of English novel, made novel came to existence through his novel Robinson Crusoe . The early 18 th century is the rich following of the modern novel and a number of factors contributed to the development of the novel during the 18 th century. By the time of the restoration English, the drama had grown unnatural artificial and immortal. It had lost its appeal by the 18 th century. Some other form of entertainment was headed to take its place and novel made the way for it. Role of the periodical in the development of novel :-The periodical press played an important role in bringing about the novel. The periodical press served to fashion arose style suitable for the novel. The novel requires an everyday flexible prose style and this was fashioned by Addison and Steel along with other through pe