When we read critically or analytically, we might disregard character, plot, setting, and theme as surface elements of a text.
We as readers may disregard these things, but truth be told they are very important.
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The act of reading has been characterized by Robert DiYanni as involving three interrelated processes: experience, interpretation, and evaluation.
There are three parts to reading. Experience, interpretation, and evalutaion.
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Both irony and satire are widely used by writers to make a point and to lead the readers to draw their own conclusions
Irony is used to make a point and is left up to the readers interpretation.
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There are a number of subgenres that will identify a novel more specifically, such as fantasy, romance, historical, or bildungsroman.
Multiple genres. Each genre's theme is different. And this defines a novel.
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We read stories for pleasure; they entertain us. And we read them for profit; they enlighten us. Stories draw us into their imaginative worlds and engage us with the power of their invention.
Reasons why we read fiction.
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