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EPISTOLARY NOVELS Books made of letters!

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Books made of letters!. Epistolary Novels. A Novel written as a series of documents Letters Diary entries Newspaper clippings Blogs Emails. Epistolary Novel. Realism Verisimilitude (seems like truth) Mimics the workings of real life. Why?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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EPISTOLARY NOVELSBooks made of letters!

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EPISTOLARY NOVEL A Novel written as a series of

documents Letters Diary entries Newspaper clippings Blogs Emails

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WHY? Realism Verisimilitude (seems like truth) Mimics the workings of real life

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EARLY WORKS San Pedro, Diego.

~1485. Cárcel de amor (“Prison of Love”).

Boursalt, Edme. 1669. Lettres de respect, d'obligation et d 'amour (Letters of Respect, Gratitude and Love.)

Howell, James. 1666. Familiar Letters.

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HEIGHT OF POPULARITY –LATE 17TH - EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Behn, Aphra. 1684.Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and his Sister.

Richardson, Samuel. 1740. Pamela. Richardson, Samuel. 1749. Clarissa.

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SATIRE: LETS MAKE FUN OF THIS! Epistolary style was mocked (heavily)

in the 18th Century. (remember satire was BIG!)

Henry Fielding’s Shamela (1741)

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SO… WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS BEFORE

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) uses

letters, diaries, newspapers

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SO… WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS BEFORE Stephen King’s Carrie (1974) uses

newspapers, magazine articles, letters, and excerpts from books.

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SO… WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS BEFORE Alice WalkerThe Color Purple

(1974) uses letters.

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HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO FRANKENSTEIN? The beginning and end of Frankenstein

are written as letters between Captain Robert Walton and his sister Margaret Walton Saville.

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THREE QUESTIONS TO ASK THE CLASS What other movies, TV shows, music,

videos, books, magazines, etc., can you think of that are in this style?

Do you like this style of writing? Why or why not?

Have you ever heard the word “epistolary” before? If so, where?