Yaakov001
03-12-2015, 10:54 PM
Hello, Everyone!
First, I'd like to say, hello. I am an independent researcher from Iowa. I have my MA in History, and my BA in Philosophy, but I have always been fascinated by the development of the novel, and its effects on the history of the people, and how the history of the people in question helped develop IT, if you will.
I am working on a book that is unrelated to this, but before I bite off something huge (we are looking at 400 to 500 pages) I thought I would look at a monograph on the development of the novel as a world concept.
Genji Monogatari is the first piece that seems to be universally recognised as a "novel" per se. It was written in the early 1000's during the Heian Period of Japanese History. It was written by Murasaki Shikibu, a noblewoman of the Court.
Le Morte D'Arthur is widely recognised as the first English novel, although its more a collection of stories. It was written by Sir Thomas Malory in 1485, who appears to have been a ne'er-do-well knight, although there is some doubt about which Thomas Malory wrote it.
Finally, Don Quixote was written in two parts, 1605 and 1615 by Miguel Cervantes. He was also a man with many adventures, who did everything from soldiering and tax collecting to being a slave and serving a few terms in jail.
I would be very interested in having a conversation from a literary point of view with people who understand these books from that perspective. I get into them more from a historical and philosophical (and religious) perspective. So fire ahead, Folks. I'd like to hear what you have to say.
First, I'd like to say, hello. I am an independent researcher from Iowa. I have my MA in History, and my BA in Philosophy, but I have always been fascinated by the development of the novel, and its effects on the history of the people, and how the history of the people in question helped develop IT, if you will.
I am working on a book that is unrelated to this, but before I bite off something huge (we are looking at 400 to 500 pages) I thought I would look at a monograph on the development of the novel as a world concept.
Genji Monogatari is the first piece that seems to be universally recognised as a "novel" per se. It was written in the early 1000's during the Heian Period of Japanese History. It was written by Murasaki Shikibu, a noblewoman of the Court.
Le Morte D'Arthur is widely recognised as the first English novel, although its more a collection of stories. It was written by Sir Thomas Malory in 1485, who appears to have been a ne'er-do-well knight, although there is some doubt about which Thomas Malory wrote it.
Finally, Don Quixote was written in two parts, 1605 and 1615 by Miguel Cervantes. He was also a man with many adventures, who did everything from soldiering and tax collecting to being a slave and serving a few terms in jail.
I would be very interested in having a conversation from a literary point of view with people who understand these books from that perspective. I get into them more from a historical and philosophical (and religious) perspective. So fire ahead, Folks. I'd like to hear what you have to say.