The history of the novel, part two
As I’ve been researching I’ve found that
the history of novels is still more complicated than I had previously
supposed. Here is a summary of what I’ve
found.
As we discussed in class, biographies are
an important and ancient part of literature.
The first Western biography happened to be an autobiography, as we
discussed in class, Confessions by
Saint Augustine takes the reader through the early part of the Bishop’s life,
from his childhood until his conversion to Christianity and subsequent baptism
at the age of 33.
