An Introduction to the Novel by Dr. Andrew Moore (Associate Professor of Great Books, St. Thomas University). The novel has become the dominant form of literature. Consequently its conventions have been normalized, and we sometimes take for granted, or fail to see the peculiar and specific literary tactics novels employ in their representations of reality. This short video attempts to shake us out of our familiarity with the novel -- to alienate us from it -- and give us the distance necessary to start thinking about novels in a more critical way.

The novel has become the dominant form of literature. 

Novels are Weird - Why Novels Are Unconventional

novels-are-weird-why-novels-are-unconventional

Let's do English ESL general vocabulary practice. An Introduction to the Novel by Dr. Andrew Moore (Associate Professor of Great Books, St. Thomas University).…