1 / 11

Epistolary Novels

Books made of letters!. Epistolary Novels. A Novel written as a series of documents Letters Diary entries Newspaper clippings Blogs Emails. Epistolary Novel. Realism Verisimilitude (seems like truth) Mimics the workings of real life. Why?.

lupita
Download Presentation

Epistolary Novels

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Books made of letters! Epistolary Novels

  2. A Novel written as a series of documents • Letters • Diary entries • Newspaper clippings • Blogs • Emails Epistolary Novel

  3. Realism Verisimilitude (seems like truth) Mimics the workings of real life Why?

  4. San Pedro, Diego. ~1485. Cárcel de amor(“Prison of Love”). Boursalt, Edme. 1669. Lettres de respect, d'obligation et d 'amour (Letters of Respect, Gratitude and Love.) Howell, James. 1666. Familiar Letters. Early Works

  5. Behn, Aphra. 1684.Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and his Sister. Richardson, Samuel. 1740. Pamela. Richardson, Samuel. 1749. Clarissa. Height of Popularity –late 17th - early 18th Century

  6. Epistolary style was mocked (heavily) in the 18th Century. (remember satire was BIG!) Henry Fielding’s Shamela (1741) Satire: Lets make fun of this!

  7. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) uses letters, diaries, newspapers So… where have I seen this before

  8. Stephen King’s Carrie (1974) uses newspapers, magazine articles, letters, and excerpts from books. So… where have I seen this before

  9. Alice Walker The Color Purple (1974) uses letters. So… where have I seen this before

  10. The beginning and end of Frankenstein are written as letters between Captain RobertWalton and his sister Margaret Walton Saville. How does this apply to frankenstein?

  11. What other movies, TV shows, music, videos, books, magazines, etc., can you think of that are in this style? Do you like this style of writing? Why or why not? Have you ever heard the word “epistolary” before? If so, where? Three Questions to ask the class

More Related