What are the characteristics of a psychological novel?

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I need it for something called a Major Works Data Sheet. It's for a summer reading project...Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

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For more in depth information about the psychological novel, read: "James Hogg: Founder of the Psychological Novel" by Corinne Popow or The Psychological Novel: 1900-1950 by Leon Edel.

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Psychological Novel

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What are the characteristics of a psychological novel?
I need it for something called a Major Works Data Sheet. It's for a summer reading project...Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

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"A psychological novel, also called psychological realism, is a work of prose fiction which places more than the usual amount of emphasis on interior characterization, and on the motives, circumstances, and internal action which springs from, and develops, external action. The psychological novel is not content to state what happens but goes on to explain the why and the wherefore of this action. In this type of writing character and characterization are more than usually important, and they often delve deeper into the mind of a character than novels of other genres. The psychological novel can be called a novel of the "inner man", so to say. In some cases, the stream of consciousness technique, as well as interior monologues, may be employed to better illustrate the inner workings of the human mind at work. Flashbacks may also be featured"

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The plot has to be character driven. There are conflicts within the plot and how the characters respond to them is based on certain personality traits - including certain events in their past that lead them to behave as they do when they resolve the conflicts. We need to know a great deal about the characters' pasts as well as how they react and respond to each other ... and why. Why is X suspicious of Y? How come Y doesn't like Z? Those are the things that make psychology the key elements in resolving the conflict. It is totally the opposite of a plot driven novel where events tend to lead from one to another up to a conflict. Tolstoy was a master of the character driven novel. Pax- C

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A Gothic novel usually involves a main character who is increasingly trapped in some oppressive situation (the trapped character is usually, but not always, a woman). In stereotypical Gothic novels, the character will probably also literally be trapped in a crumbling castle by someone who is trying to force her to marry someone. She'll spend a lot of time wandering around the corridors and finding scary things. Gothic novels tend to explore psychological issues, especially madness. Gothic novels tend to be lengthy (but are definitely not always lengthy!), and there are often subplots that echo the main plot (for example, there will be supporting characters who are dealing with the same situation that the main character is dealing with). Religion often plays a part in these novels, as well. Most people assume that Gothic novels are all about vampires and monsters, but often the supernatural is not a major part of a Gothic novel: the real horrors are psychological or human-made. For this reason, things like domestic violence, racism, and other negative human qualities are often recurring themes. Still, Gothic novels pretty much always end with a return to normal society. The normal order is restored, and if there are supernatural elements, they are either destroyed or explained (as in, "That wasn't a ghost you heard, it was a ventriloquist."). There are several subgenres, too. Some example novels/stories: -The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)--the first Gothic novel--it's short! -The Monk (Matthew "Monk" Lewis)--an example of what some people call the Male Gothic, where the focus is more on the "monster" than the victim. -The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)--the original heroine-locked-in-a-castle novel by the author most people credit with popularizing the Gothic novel as a genre. -Wieland (Charles Brockden Brown)--the first American Gothic novel (it has a ventriloquist and spontaneous human combustion; what else do you really need?) -Basically any story by Edgar Allan Poe (notice that he doesn't often use the supernatural in his stories; they are scary because the narrators are often crazy). -Frankenstein (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)--some people consider this the first "technogothic" novel because it is about the horrors of science. -Novels by Flannery O'Connor (Wise Blood, for example) and William Faulkner (Sanctuary, for example) are often cited as examples of "The Southern Gothic" because they present the American South as sites of pyschological horror. Some people have gone so far as to call ALL American fiction essentially Gothic. -The Shining (Stephen King)--sort of in the style of The Monk, it focuses more on the monster than the victims; again, though, there is a feeling of entrapment along with an ACTUAL entrapment in the hotel. -No Country for Old Men (or any Cormac McCarthy novel)--what we call "The Frontier Gothic," which focuses on the horror of isolation.

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I don't know what differences there are between the modern "goth" or gothic fiction like "Twilight" and "Pride & Prejudice with Zombies" and the classic gothic fiction like Edgar Allen Poe's stories, Frankenstein, The Castle of Oronto, and Dracula. There are differences. Ann Radcliffe's stories are different from Poe's and Shelley's and Dracula, so the modern gothic must differ from the traditional. Since I like my Jane Austen novels without zombies, the only "gothic novel" I can discuss is her "Northanger Abbey" - spoofing the gothic novels of her day: Anne Radcliffe's and Monk Lewis's (late 1780's -90's) They were quite the vogue and Jane read and liked them. Why else would she mention "The Romance of the Forest" in "Emma" or the plots of gothics read by the heroine of "Northanger Abbey"? So, going by Catherine Morland's ideas of a good read (She's the heroine in "Northanger Abbey", the gothic novel had a heroine (usually beautiful, naive and virginal); a powerful, mysterious stranger with the charisma to entice and seduce her (or come close to the latter) who appears to be up to no good where her wellbeing is concerned; a secluded, spooky castle or manor house or ruined abbey; a mad woman shut up in the tower or the mysterious stranger's last lover dead in the crypt. The heroine finds her or is shut up with her. The handsome and wise hero who goes through trials to rescue her. A magician or priest. Other helpers to and loyal servants of the protagonists and antagonists. General feeling of unreality, spookiness, horror, danger.

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i think it deals with ideally less real dialogue between the protagonist and other characters but more about delving into his or her thoughts and contemplations. think it should deal with discerning how characters think and then how they ultimately act on those thoughts-if they reflect there line of thought...etc. in the end it should be about finding out how the characters 'tick'

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Answer 10

It looks like you have enough info to do the project already. I was late getting to respond. Good luck.