1. Definition of novels

The novel, as a genre, shares some characteristics with short story, for instance, plot and character. However, the novel does have something that short story cannot boast. That is why a novel is called a novel, not a long story.

A definition of the novel can be reached by three approaches. They are by etymological study, by distinguishing between what we call the novel and what we think is not, and by synthesizing previous definitions

2. Kinds of the Novel

2.1 By length

Full-length Novel

Short Novel

Trilogy

Tetrlogy

2.2 By Subject Matter

Picaresque Nobel

Gothic Novel

Bildungsroman

Kunstlerroman

Psychological Novel

Sociological Novel

Proletrariat Novel

Novels of the Soil

Romance

2.3 By Technique

Epistolary Novel

The Novel of Ideas

Roman a Clef

The New Novel

Nonfictional Novel

The Historical Novel

3. Elements of the Novel

Story

Character

Plot

Theme

Setting

Narrative Point of View