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1. Literature

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   Prose Fiction
   This category encompasses narratives told in ordinary grammatical structures, including novels, novellas, and short stories. The novel, arguably the dominant literary form of the last two centuries, permits expansive explorations of character psychology and social dynamics. A curious feature of early English novels, such as those by Samuel Richardson, is their reliance on epistolary form, suggesting that paper itself possessed an inherent narrative gravity that could not be replicated in direct narration.
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