ENGL 216 FINAL PAPER 2026 FULL Q&A
STUDY GUIDE GRADED A+
◉Novels of Manners. Answer: -Stories that observe, explore, analyze
the social behaviors of a specific time/place
-Descriptions of society w defined behavioral codes, inhibition of
emotional expression
**JANE AUSTEN**
◉Sentimental Novels. Answer: -Sentimental love novels originated
in Romanticism
-Victorian era rejects emotionalism but authors continue to
incorporate sentimental elements
◉Epistolary Novels. Answer: -Told in the form of letters written by
their characters
-By 20c the format is considered outdated, contemporary example is
Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape (tape recording transcripts)
◉Bildungsroman. Answer: -Novels focusing on coming-of-age
stories
-Youth struggles and searches for identity, spiritual understanding,
meaning of life
, *Origin: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre
(1796)
-Portrait of Artist as a Young Man, The Catcher in the Rye
◉Pastoral Novels. Answer: -Lyrically idealize country life as idyllic
and utopian, akin to the Garden of Eden
-Innocence and goodness of nature
-Style lost popularity in 20c, Growing realism made pastoral more
dystopian
◉roman a clef. Answer: -Require a real-life frame of reference for
full comprehension
-Have to understand their camouflaged historical contents
-Disguise truths too dangerous for authors to state directly
◉4 major forms of prose. Answer: -Nonfiction
-Fiction
-Heroic
-Prose Poetry
◉Narrative. Answer: story
STUDY GUIDE GRADED A+
◉Novels of Manners. Answer: -Stories that observe, explore, analyze
the social behaviors of a specific time/place
-Descriptions of society w defined behavioral codes, inhibition of
emotional expression
**JANE AUSTEN**
◉Sentimental Novels. Answer: -Sentimental love novels originated
in Romanticism
-Victorian era rejects emotionalism but authors continue to
incorporate sentimental elements
◉Epistolary Novels. Answer: -Told in the form of letters written by
their characters
-By 20c the format is considered outdated, contemporary example is
Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape (tape recording transcripts)
◉Bildungsroman. Answer: -Novels focusing on coming-of-age
stories
-Youth struggles and searches for identity, spiritual understanding,
meaning of life
, *Origin: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre
(1796)
-Portrait of Artist as a Young Man, The Catcher in the Rye
◉Pastoral Novels. Answer: -Lyrically idealize country life as idyllic
and utopian, akin to the Garden of Eden
-Innocence and goodness of nature
-Style lost popularity in 20c, Growing realism made pastoral more
dystopian
◉roman a clef. Answer: -Require a real-life frame of reference for
full comprehension
-Have to understand their camouflaged historical contents
-Disguise truths too dangerous for authors to state directly
◉4 major forms of prose. Answer: -Nonfiction
-Fiction
-Heroic
-Prose Poetry
◉Narrative. Answer: story
