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The three divisions are not rigid. A good writer may use a little description here, a litile narration there, and a bit of exposition in another place. A knowledge of the three varieties is useful in that you can appreciate how the writer makes use of one or more of them effectively. You would realize that they are very often used in combination and they rarely exist alone. Having discussed the different kinds of writing, let us discuss briefly the different literary forms in prose. Some of the prose forms are the novel, short story, essay, letter, travelogue, biography and autobiography, diary and speeches. Let us look at each of these forms briefly now. They will be discussed in detail in subsequent blocks. 1.4.1 Short Story A short story is not a novel in an abridged form. A short story is complete in itself. Therefore a short story writer must have great skill to achieve an impression of completeness in a few pages. The characters and incidents are sketched in a few effective strokes. A short story thus has intensity and a singleness of purpose. There is no single acceptable definition of a short story. All that we can say is that it is short, has a plot and character(s) and has a beginning, a middle and an end. According to one definition, a short story is 'a relatively short narrative which is designed to produce a single dominant effect and which contains the elements of drama'. The aim of a good short story is to make the reader feel, to make him/ her enter into the experience of the characters. You must have read short stories in magazines as well as in anthologies. For a more detailed discussion of the short story as a literary form, please turn to Block IV, Unit 12. 1.4.2 Novel Like the short story, it is difficult to define a novel. When we talk about a novel, we usually mean a piece of fiction, written in prose and of a certain length. A novel is an individual vision of the novelist. It is a picture of life as viewed by the writer. It has a story which tells us what happened and a plot which tells us how it happened: E.M. Forster, an English novelist, said this of the difference between a story and a plot: "The King died and the Qucen died' is a story. "The King died and then the Queen died of grief is a plot. The difference is quite clear from this example, in the sense that there is a cause". * and effect situation. The plot and characters in a good novel leave a lasting impression on the reader. A good novel gives us an insight into the world and ourselves, it is full of vitality' and hushanity and appeals 'to human sensibilities. The style varies from one novelist to another. Each novel bears the signature of the novelist. A good short støry is like a smali garden. A fine novel is like a forest. We will discuss-the characteristics and types of noveis in Block 5, Unit 17. 1.4.3 Essay, Letter, Travelogue An essay is a piece of prose composition usually of moderate length. The word éssay". dérives from the French word essai or attempt. It "attempts" to throw sonte light on the subject under discussion. There are two kinds of essays. One is informal or personal and the other is- formal. You can say anything you like in an informal essay so long as it įs