English Novel [ Literary & Artistic genres ]
… whether consciously or inadvertently, to the rise of the new literary form while being driven by a spirit of opposition, contradiction and emulation seemingly hardly suited to foster the cooperative and collaborative environment … their works as a reaction against and rejection of the seventeenth-century French romance. Driven by a dynamic of opposition and divergence, the novel rapidly managed to stand out and secure an enduring place for itself in the English … whether consciously or inadvertently, to the rise of the new literary form while being driven by a spirit of opposition, contradiction and emulation seemingly hardly suited to foster the cooperative and collaborative environment …
Antagonism | Conflict | Fiction | Parody | Rivalry
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