For 10 points, name this art form that may have begun in English with the publication of Le Morte d'Arthur and in Asia with The Tale of Genji, and which comes in a "Great American" variety.
A recent 700-year history of this art form is the subject of a literary biography of Professor Michael Schmidt, and its "true story" is provided in a book by Margaret Anne Doody. A book titled after this art form distinguishes in meaning between the sentences "the king died and the queen died" and "the king died and the queen died of grief." That book about this art form states "history develops, art stands still." A triple thesis about the formation of the middle class, the increase in literacy, and this art form's rising popularity is the subject of a book by Ian Watt. The first distinction between "flat" and "round" characters was provided in an E.M. Forster series of lectures about its "aspects." John William De Forest coined a term for one of these art forms that captured the spirit of the U.S. For 10 points, name this art form that may have begun in English with the publication of Le Morte d'Arthur and in Asia with The Tale of Genji, and which comes in a "Great American" variety.
A recent 700-year history of this art form is the subject of a literary biography of Professor Michael Schmidt, and its "true story" is provided in a book by Margaret Anne Doody.
the novel [accept The Novel: A Biography or Aspects of the Novel or The Rise of the Novel or The True Story of the Novel or "The Great American Novel"]