1. WHAT TYPES OF THE NOVEL DO YOU KNOW?

2. Types of the novel
Classified by subject matter. Some examples: Adventure Detective Sci-Fi Gothic Historical Horror Mystery Philosophical Political Romance Family Saga Satirical Science fiction Thriller Psychological Bildungsroman
Classified by form. Examples: Epistolary novel Documentary novel Anti-novel Loose novel Key novel (roman à clef)

3. Novels resist strict classification
One and the same novel can belong to several of the types.
How can The Collector be classified? Why?
What genre(s) does the movie poster advertise?

4. Fowles' own explanation of the purpose behind The Collector
“Fowles explained in his follow-up book The Aristos, that the main point behind the novel was to show what he felt to be the danger of class and intellectual divisions in a society where prosperity for the majority was becoming more widespread, particularly power (whether by wealth or position) getting into the hands of those intellectually unsuited to handle it.” (Wikipedia) Do you agree with the author’s opinion?

5. TYPES OF SPEECH Direct speech Indirect (reported) speech
Free indirect speech

6. FREE INDIRECT SPEECH
Free indirect speech is a mode of third-person narration involving elements of first-person direct speech, to the effect that the voices of the narrator and the character overlap.
Free indirect speech, unlike regular indirect speech, lacks introductory expressions such as "She replied" or "he said"; it imitates first-hand evidence of what the character is thinking and feeling rather than saying things aloud.

7. FREE INDIRECT SPEECH: EXAMPLE
“Her astonishment, as she reflected on what had passed, was increased by every review of it. That she should receive an offer of marriage from Mr. Darcy! that he should have been in love with her for so many months! so much in love as to wish to marry her in spite of all the objections which had made him prevent his friend’s marrying her sister, and which must appear at least with equal force in his own case, was almost incredible!” Jane Austin. Pride and Prejudice, Chapter XXXIV

8. Types of Speech What types of speech do we encounter in The Collector?
Provide examples.

9. The Collector by John Fowles
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

10. Questions (plot) How do the events of the novel relate to one another?
(characters) What are the characters’ most striking traits?
(characters) Are the characters fully developed, or are they stereotypes?
(setting) At what time period and in what geographic location does the action occur?

11. Questions
5. (point of view) Does the narrator see from various perspectives, or is the story restricted to the perspective of one person (a major character, a minor character, an observer)? 6. (style, language) Does the writer make any unusual use of diction or syntax? What words or phrases are repeated? Is the story’ style plain or elaborate?

12. Simile
An artistic comparison stressing similarity between objects, actions, persons, etc., in order to point to their special characteristics.
A is like B
A is as B
A as if B

13. Questions
7. (tone) Is the tone of the story playful, humorous, ironic, satirical, serious, sombre, solemn, bitter, condescending, formal, informal? 8. (symbolism) Does the author use any objects or ideas symbolically? Does the same object have different meanings at different places in the novel?

14. Questions
9. (theme) What is the central theme? 10. How does the title of the story contributeto readers’ understanding of the central theme?