17. Why the Novel Matters (Non-fiction) Textbook
Questions and Answers Understanding
the Text : 1. How does the novel reflect the wholeness of a human
being? उपन्यास
किस प्रकार मनुष्य की सम्पूर्णता को प्रदर्शित करता है? Answer
: According to the writer, the novel is the book of life but books are not
so. A novel, like most other literary genres, consists of characters. These
characters manifest the real human beings on paper. The author claims that he
is not a soul, not a body, a mind, an intelligence, a brain, a nervous system
but he is alive and greater than his soul, spirit, body, mind, consciousness or
anything. He
says that the liveliness of the novel depends entirely upon its characters. The
novel exhibits several personality traits of characters. It peeps into deep
insight of the characters. In this way the novel reflects the wholeness of the
human being. लेखक
के अनुसार, उपन्यास जीवन की पुस्तक है लेकिन पुस्तकें ऐसी नहीं हैं। एक उपन्यास में,
अधिकतर अन्य साहित्यिक विधाओं की तरह, पात्र होते हैं । ये पात्र पेपर पर वास्तविक
मन…
