assigment literature group 7

Dwi susanto

Desti herawati

Jaka dewantara

Panca indah w.s

NOVEL

1.     Definition of  Novel

A novel is a long narrative, normally in prose, which describes fictional characters and events, usually in the form of a sequential story.

2.     Kinds of novel

Ø  Adventure novel

An adventure novel tells about an exiting and dangerous journey. And also, it talks about experiences and is full with many events. In adventure novels, the most dominant role is man because the content of this story involves man’s problems. If women are mentioned in this novel, they are only minor characters in the story.

Ø  Psychological novel

This novel emphasizes on the description of the character’s psychological development. In this novel, the author gives attention to the psychological changes of the characters.

Ø  Detective novel

This novel tells about mysteries, secrets, and crimes. The author always tries to create a good technique by raising suspense to guess the follow up of the story in order that the readers are more interested to read it.

Ø  Sociological novel

Sociological novel emphasizes on the influence of social and economic condition on the characters and events.

Ø  Political novel

In this novel, the problems are not observed from people’s problem point of view as individual but it is observed from the group’s problem point of view in the society, and from the reaction of each group to the problem that arises and the character is just used as the proponent of plot.

Ø  Collective novel

This novel focuses on social problems. In this novel, there is a mix between anthropology and sociology.
The novel investigated in this study belongs to the adventure novel because it tells about exciting and dangerous journeys which are full with conflicts. Besides, the most dominant role is a man and women are only minor characters in the story.

3.     Characteristic/Elements in novel

a)      Plot

Plot is an essential characteristic of all novels. The plot is the story, the reason for writing the novel. The author creates a story that is believable, or at least relatable to true events, feelings or actions. A science-fiction story about living on Venus with aliens as pets may not be entirely believable, but the author can write the characters and events in such a way as to be relatable to real life.

b)     Setting

The setting is where the plot takes place. For a fantasy novel, the setting may be an imaginary realm with creatures, plants and lifestyle completely different from those in the real world, so the author must dedicate himself to describing the setting in such a way as to make it feel real to the reader. The setting is an aspect of a fiction novel that makes the story believable.

c)      Point of View

Point of view is essentially the voice of the narrator. There are four types of point of view: first person, second person, third person omniscient and third person limited. First person is written from the main character’s perspective. Second person is written like a choose-your-own-adventure, using “you”. Third person omniscient allows the reader inside the heads of all characters involved. In third person limited point of view, the narrator focuses on the main character and his perspective.

d)     Conflict

Conflict is necessary in a novel, because it makes the story feel real. Happily ever after all the time would make for a dull story. Conflict can be external or internal. A gruesome murder case or a cheating spouse are examples of external conflict. An internal conflict can be a character’s battle with forgiving someone who wronged him or discovering an unpleasant personality trait in himself.

e)      Resolution

Resolution is the part of the novel where the main character faces his emotional demons and makes a change, or where the murder case is solved and the suspect is taken into custody. The resolution isn’t always happy. Sometimes the resolution is that the murder case is closed because of lack of evidence. In any event, at the end of the book there is always a resolution of some sort.

f)       Types

There are several different types, or genres, of fiction novels. Mystery, historical, romance, fantasy, western, science fiction, action/adventure, humor, medical, tragedy, erotic, thriller, horror and espionage are some of the main categories of fiction novels. Some genres follow a consistent theme. For example, all mystery novels involve a crime or other mysterious event that usually gets solved by the end of the book.