antinovel

antinovel
/an"tee nov'euhl, an"tuy-/, n.
a literary work in which the author rejects the use of traditional elements of novel structure, esp. in regard to development of plot and character.
[1955-60; ANTI- + NOVEL1]

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Type of avant-garde novel that departs from traditional novelistic conventions by ignoring such elements as plot, dialogue, and human interest.

Seeking to overcome readers' habits and challenge their expectations, antinovelists deliberately avoid any intrusion of authorial personality, preferences, or values. Though the term was coined by Jean-Paul Sartre in 1948, the approach is at least as old as the works of the 18th-century writer Laurence Sterne. Writers of such works include Nathalie Sarraute, Claude Simon, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Uwe Johnson, and Rayner Heppenstall.

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