My condensed thesis:
- The epistolary form is the epitome of what a novel is due to its ability to create such realism and accounts of events (Fiction or otherwise).
But why this topic idea?
- nothing was really written on it (although this was bad and good)
- fact that I become so immersed in this type of novel form
Questions that helped to support the paper:
- What can this type of novel do for the reader?
- How does this form create effect?
- What’s the deal with the anonymous author?
- What’s the ideal format? Is there even one?
- Where and why did this form begin?
- Why is it still so popular?
Work Cited:
Duyfhuizen, Bernard. “Epistolary Narratives of Transmission and Transgression.” Comparative Literature 37 (1985): 1-26.
Duyfhuizen, Bernard. Narratives of Transmission. Cranbury, NJ: Associated UP, 1992. 23-203.
Field, Trevor. Form & Function in the Diary Novel. Totowa, NJ: Roman & Littlefield, 1989. 1-158.
