Department of English, College of Education for Humanities, University of Kerbala, Kerbala
When Boccaccio first tried writing prose, he used the term novella storia (short story in prose), which is said to have been derived from the Latin word novellus, the Italian word novella (which signified a small new thing), and the French word novella. In the fourteenth century, Boccaccio popularized the novella collection craze with his Decameron, a compilation of ten short works. However, until the seventeenth century, the meaning of the word novel referred to the type of short stories written and collected by Boccaccio; however, as the development of novels progressed in the eighteenth century, the meaning of the word novel shifted
from a short prose tale to a prose narrative of considerable length.
There are numerous novel genres, and a single novel may fall into more than one of them. Here is a more detailed explanation of some of the novel genres.
Social novel: It focuses on character behavior and how the character’s behaviors reflect or contradict the society’s beliefs.
Psychological novel: The psychological fiction delves inside the mind of a single person.
Education novel: The education novel depicts the main character’s growth as her life, many educational novels are on a person’s search for identity.
Philosophical novel: It is a narrative in which the primary goal is intellectual discovery, characters in philosophical novels are occasionally utilized to express ideas and points of view, and they serve as both spokes people for theories and independent personalities.
Popular novel: Popular novels are those whose primary goal is to entertain the reader, popular novels come in a variety of forms, detective stories, fantasy stories, spy novels, horror novels, science fiction stories, romances, and historical novels are only a few examples.
