What is the social novel? Often referred to as the Novel of the 1950s, the social novel arose within the framework of social realism, a trend and type of literature that emerged in the 1950s after a series of social and political changes that were taking place in Spain. Among the processes facing Spanish society… read more »
What is the romance novel? Also known as romance novels, romance novels are literary texts in which the plot revolves around the theme of love, whether it is about impossible love or two lovers who go through various obstacles and in the end manage to be together. The happy ending is usually one of the… read more »
What is the polyphonic novel? It is a type of text that is part of the modern narrative, especially in the genre of the novel, which began to develop in Europe after the creation of Don Quixote de la Mancha, written by Miguel de Cervantes, a work that would be the main reference of this… read more »
What is the picaresque novel? It is one of the most important types of literature of the narrative genre that acquires its value mainly because the novel is the format in which it has developed the most. The picaresque novel comprises prose writings that form a fundamental part of the evolution and progress of Spanish… read more »
What is the crime novel? Although it has also been called noir literature, the term -noir novel- is used in particular, because this has been the narrative format in which it has been disseminated. It is a type of text, also considered a subgenre, in which the story is developed around a crime, where there… read more »
What is the lyric novel? The lyrical novel is one of the types of literature that emerged in modernity, although it retains many elements of the movement of Romanticism in its development in Germany, as well as part of the precepts of French Symbolism. For its part, the lyrical novel arises with the intention of… read more »
What is the intimist novel? Intimist novels are those works of this genre that attempt to delve into those aspects of the self that have been forgotten, frustrated or simply omitted. In this way, the authors choose to use a lyrical tone in which they go through human problems related to what is at the… read more »
What is the historical novel? With the term historical novel we refer to one of the subgenres of fiction, and also, immersed in the narrative genre of literature. It is a format that emerged around the 19th century and that bases its development and setting in a specific historical moment, where historical events that took… read more »
What is the realistic fiction novel? In this type of literature we speak of all those texts that, although they are stories produced by the author’s imagination, the scenario in which it develops is realistic. In this way, we speak of a work that contains real, believable characters, along with plots and environments that enjoy… read more »
What is the culturalist novel? It is considered that this type of novel begins to emerge around the 1970s by a group of writers influenced by the return to past times, which is why it is considered a heterogeneous trend in which it is mixed, at the same time, with characteristics of the historical novel,… read more »