30 Questions
What is a 'romance' in literature?
A work of fiction with emphasis on marvellous or unusual incidents
What is the Tale of Genji?
The world's first novel
What is the origin of classical Chinese novels?
Spread of printed books in China
Who is considered the first significant European novelist of the modern era?
Miguel de Cervantes
What is the distinguishing characteristic of a novel compared to historiography?
Fictionality
What is the standard style of the modern novel?
Literary prose
What is the purpose of some graphic novels?
To depict works of fiction in comic book form
Where does the English word for a long work of prose fiction come from?
Italian
What is the meaning of the Italian word 'novella'?
New
Which of the following authors preferred to use the term 'romance' to describe their novels?
All of the above
What is the approximate length of a novel?
Long
Which of the following is NOT a possible origin of the novel?
Medieval cookbook
What is the difference between a novel and a romance according to some literary scholars?
A novel has a realistic depiction of society and a romance emphasizes marvellous incidents
Which of the following works of fiction is also a novel?
The Lord of the Rings
What is the meaning of 'Nam Ông mộng lục'?
Trivial facts
What is the earliest surviving Western novel?
Callirhoe
Which of the following is not a Classical Sanskrit narrative form?
The Golden Ass
What led China to evolve oral storytelling into fictional novels?
Urbanization
What distinguishes romance or chivalric romance from the chanson de geste and other kinds of epic?
Themes of courtly love
What language was originally used for romance literature?
Old French, Anglo-Norman and Occitan
What led to the shift from verse to prose in romances?
The Prose Lancelot or Vulgate Cycle
What did the shift to prose enable writers to do in romances?
Associate popular stories with serious
What is the name of Thomas Malory's work of the early 1470s?
Le Morte d'Arthur
What is the literal meaning of the Chinese word 小說 (pinyin: xiǎoshuō)?
Small talks
Which 19th-century verse novel is mentioned in the text?
Don Juan
What did Harold Bloom say about Lady Murasaki's The Tale of Genji?
It anticipated Cervantes as the first novelist
Which genre of narrative prose fiction is the longest today?
Novel
In which cultures is the concept of novel known as 'long length small talk'?
East Asian
What did György Lukács say about the requirement of length in novels?
It is connected with the notion that a novel should encompass the totality of life
What is the Vietnamese definition of the term 小說 (pinyin: xiǎoshuō)?
Long-length small talk
Test your knowledge on the history and evolution of the verse novel, from Lord Byron to Vikram Seth, and explore the theme of intimacy across different time periods and cultures.
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