LITERATURE IN ENGLISH NOVELS ANALYSIS
Meaning of literature
The term literature has different meaning but here the term is used in the sense of showing the way a person can make representation of what is taking place in the society artistically.
Thus, as Literature depicts on what people does in their daily lives, then it have some connectedness with human life.
Origin of literature
Literature is related to man’s development in his life because it portrays on what people do or say, how they act, react or behave towards their environment.
TYPES OF LITERATURE
Literature has many types depending on people’s traditions, intentions and the message that is intended to be communicated to the audience.
Basing on its mode of Presentation one can categories literature into two groups being; Oral or Spoken Literature and Written Literature.
1. ORAL LITERATURE
Oral Literature is said to be the first form of literature because it began existing when human being started living together as a community with a common language for enhancing their communication
2. WRITTEN LITERATURE
This is the type of literature which represents the human social realities in written form. In most of African societies written literature came after the invention of writings. Before that Oral literature was dominant because the societies were illiterate.
NOVEL AND SHORT STORY
A Novel is a prose fiction with a considerable length taking some fictional or imaginary characters and events.
In most cases novels are very long, when they become short are called Novella.
Features of a Novel
i. They are long
ii. They take some illustrations on top of the covering paper
iii. They are sequential stories.
iv. They are divided into chapters
v. They are told in monologue
vi. They take many characters
vii. They take many events
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH NOVELS ANALYSIS
