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What is a 'romance' in literature?
What is a 'romance' in literature?
- A work of fiction with emphasis on marvellous or unusual incidents (correct)
- A type of genre fiction that focuses on romantic love
- A historical narrative with inventions rooted in traditional beliefs
- A non-fiction novel that records historical facts
What is the Tale of Genji?
What is the Tale of Genji?
- An early 11th-century Japanese text
- A classical Chinese novel
- The world's first novel (correct)
- A long fictional prose work
What is the origin of classical Chinese novels?
What is the origin of classical Chinese novels?
- The Qing dynasty
- Spread of printed books in China (correct)
- The invention of the printing press
- The Ming dynasty
Who is considered the first significant European novelist of the modern era?
Who is considered the first significant European novelist of the modern era?
What is the distinguishing characteristic of a novel compared to historiography?
What is the distinguishing characteristic of a novel compared to historiography?
What is the standard style of the modern novel?
What is the standard style of the modern novel?
What is the purpose of some graphic novels?
What is the purpose of some graphic novels?
Where does the English word for a long work of prose fiction come from?
Where does the English word for a long work of prose fiction come from?
What is the meaning of the Italian word 'novella'?
What is the meaning of the Italian word 'novella'?
Which of the following authors preferred to use the term 'romance' to describe their novels?
Which of the following authors preferred to use the term 'romance' to describe their novels?
What is the approximate length of a novel?
What is the approximate length of a novel?
Which of the following is NOT a possible origin of the novel?
Which of the following is NOT a possible origin of the novel?
What is the difference between a novel and a romance according to some literary scholars?
What is the difference between a novel and a romance according to some literary scholars?
Which of the following works of fiction is also a novel?
Which of the following works of fiction is also a novel?
What is the meaning of 'Nam Ông mộng lục'?
What is the meaning of 'Nam Ông mộng lục'?
What is the earliest surviving Western novel?
What is the earliest surviving Western novel?
Which of the following is not a Classical Sanskrit narrative form?
Which of the following is not a Classical Sanskrit narrative form?
What led China to evolve oral storytelling into fictional novels?
What led China to evolve oral storytelling into fictional novels?
What distinguishes romance or chivalric romance from the chanson de geste and other kinds of epic?
What distinguishes romance or chivalric romance from the chanson de geste and other kinds of epic?
What language was originally used for romance literature?
What language was originally used for romance literature?
What led to the shift from verse to prose in romances?
What led to the shift from verse to prose in romances?
What did the shift to prose enable writers to do in romances?
What did the shift to prose enable writers to do in romances?
What is the name of Thomas Malory's work of the early 1470s?
What is the name of Thomas Malory's work of the early 1470s?
What is the literal meaning of the Chinese word 小說 (pinyin: xiǎoshuō)?
What is the literal meaning of the Chinese word 小說 (pinyin: xiǎoshuō)?
Which 19th-century verse novel is mentioned in the text?
Which 19th-century verse novel is mentioned in the text?
What did Harold Bloom say about Lady Murasaki's The Tale of Genji?
What did Harold Bloom say about Lady Murasaki's The Tale of Genji?
Which genre of narrative prose fiction is the longest today?
Which genre of narrative prose fiction is the longest today?
In which cultures is the concept of novel known as 'long length small talk'?
In which cultures is the concept of novel known as 'long length small talk'?
What did György Lukács say about the requirement of length in novels?
What did György Lukács say about the requirement of length in novels?
What is the Vietnamese definition of the term 小說 (pinyin: xiǎoshuō)?
What is the Vietnamese definition of the term 小說 (pinyin: xiǎoshuō)?
