❞ رواية The God of Small Things ❝ ⏤ Arundhati Roy

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(Stories and novels) القصص والروايات
الرواية هي سرد نثري طويل يصف شخصيات خيالية أو واقعية وأحداثاً على شكل قصة متسلسلة، كما أنها أكبر الأجناس القصصية من حيث الحجم وتعدد الشخصيات وتنوع الأحداث، وقد ظهرت في أوروبا بوصفها جنساً أدبياً مؤثراً في القرن الثامن عشر، والرواية حكاية تعتمد السرد بما فيه من وصف وحوار وصراع بين الشخصيات وما ينطوي عليه ذلك من تأزم وجدل وتغذيه الأحداث
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally written in prose form, and which is typically published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the Italian novella for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the Latin novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of novellus, diminutive of novus, meaning "new". Walter Scott made a distinction between the novel, in which (as he saw it) "events are accommodated to the ordinary train of human events and the modern state of society" and the romance, which he defined as "a fictitious narrative in prose or verse; the interest of which turns upon marvellous and uncommon incidents". However, many such romances, including the historical romances of Scott, Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights and Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, are also frequently called novels, and Scott describes romance as a "kindred term". This sort of romance is in turn different from the genre fiction love romance or romance novel
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood.

A dictionary definition is "an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at unity of effect and often concentrating on the creation of mood rather than plot."

The short story is a crafted form in its own right. Short stories make use of plot, resonance, and other dynamic components as in a novel, but typically to a lesser degree. While the short story is largely distinct from the novel or novella (a shorter novel), authors generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques.

The God of Small Things    

Using the preparatory materials, the lecture should contextualize the novel by providing
a brief history of India, drawing especial attention to key events from the colonial period
to the present-day:
o 1757: The British East India Company establishes its capital at Calcutta.
o 1857: Indians wage their first “war of independence” against the Company in what was
described by colonial historians as the “Great Mutiny.” This conflict results in dissolution
of the Company and the British Crown and Parliament taking over direct rule of India.
o 1885: The Indian National Congress launches a peaceful political movement for
independence from Britain, which culminated in the “freedom movement” led by
Mahatma Gandhi.
o 1947: India declares independence, becoming the first British colony to separate from
the Crown
• Using the maps provided, locate India and describe its main physical features
• Identify and describe the main settings of the novel (Kerala, Aymanam/Ayemenem,
Kottayam, Cochin/Kochi)
• Discuss the people, politics, religions, and languages of present-day India, making
reference to any current events that are relevant to your course
• Discuss why context is important to understanding the novel
• Discuss the novel’s blending of fact and fiction, introducing the concept of the “semiUnit 1: Background and Context
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autobiographical” text
o This is a good moment to address the literary analysis skills you will use in this
classroom, e.g. close reading (see handout), thematic analysis. Remind your
students that, although there are factual elements in the novel, this is still a work
of fiction not a documentary. 

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