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antinovel

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an·ti·nov·el  (nt-nvl, nt-)
n.
A fictional work characterized by the absence of traditional elements of the novel, such as coherent plot structure, consistent point of view, and realistic character portrayal.

anti·novel·ist n.

antinovel [ˈæntɪˌnɒvəl]
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a type of prose fiction in which conventional or traditional novelistic elements are rejected Also called anti-roman nouveau roman


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It was Frank Kermode's suggestion that Snow was writing a kind of antinovel in reaction against the experimental fiction of pure form.
A good example of the consistent antinovel is Joyce's Ulysses.
Notwithstanding the unity lent by Nick Adams, In Our Time, to the extent that it concerns war, is not so much a novel as an antinovel, a work, in other words, that defies the narrative conventions established by "the great tradition" The anti-novel, as defined by A Handbook to Literature (4th edn.
 
 
 
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