Remember, /lit/, a "novel" is not just any long work

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2017-02-01 08:53:30 Post No. 9048715
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Anonymous 2017-02-01 08:53:30 Post No. 9048715 [Report]

Remember, /lit/, a "novel" is not just any long work of prose. Rather, a novel is a specific type of work with specific conceits that evolved from the romances of the Middle Ages and was refined over the 17th, 18th, and especially the 19th centuries.

The novel's chief conceit is realism and the self. That is, it is concerned with the individual in the ordinary rhythms of life. Sometimes this takes the form of being realistic about things themselves, as in direct, clear narration; sometimes this takes the form of being realistic about how humans know things, as in experimental styles such as stream of consciousness.

But a novel is always "realistic," or, at least, realistic in a materialist sense. So your 100,000 word fantasy masterpiece is not a novel.

Anonymous 2017-02-01 08:56:12 Post No.9048731
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Anonymous 2017-02-01 08:56:12 Post No.9048731 [Report]

What kind of person spends so much time pondering on the meaning of a word?

Who cares if a novel has to be this or that. It just is.

Anonymous 2017-02-01 08:59:06 Post No.9048743
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>light is an electromagnetic wave
>light is an electromagnetic wave comprised of frequencies in the humanly recognizable range

If your thread is merely about two concepts that historically have overlapping signs/names, then it was not worth making a thread about it

Anonymous 2017-02-01 09:03:36 Post No.9048760
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Anonymous 2017-02-01 09:03:36 Post No.9048760 [Report]

>>9048715
So what is it? A novella? A dithyramb?

Anonymous 2017-02-01 09:06:08 Post No.9048770
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Anonymous 2017-02-01 09:06:08 Post No.9048770 [Report]

>>9048760
If you're talking about fantasy stories, they're romances, since they follow the conceits of the knightly tales: they're about heroic characters going on fantastic journeys which ultimately lead to improvement of character.

Anonymous 2017-02-01 09:25:45 Post No.9048826
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>>9048715
What a novel insight

Anonymous 2017-02-02 07:31:32 Post No.9050232
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Anonymous 2017-02-02 07:31:32 Post No.9050232 [Report]

Hey, asshole

Don't forget the 16th century

Anonymous 2017-02-02 07:37:52 Post No.9050247
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Anonymous 2017-02-02 07:37:52 Post No.9050247 [Report]

>>9048715
wowzer! I wanna hear your definition for "art" too!

Anonymous 2017-02-02 07:49:15 Post No.9050268
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Anonymous 2017-02-02 07:49:15 Post No.9050268 [Report]

>>9048731
you're a fucking idiot

Anonymous 2017-02-02 07:55:20 Post No.9050279
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Anonymous 2017-02-02 07:55:20 Post No.9050279 [Report]

>>9048715
Thanks, Stalin.

Anonymous 2017-02-02 08:02:30 Post No.9050296
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Anonymous 2017-02-02 08:02:30 Post No.9050296 [Report]

>>9048715
no

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