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FICTION-KENILWORTHTH BY SIR WALTER SCOTTCOTT MRS. S. ANNIE Objectives

introduce the learners historical novel as a literary form enable the learner to comprehend, analyse and appreciate English historical novels. motivate students to read by enable the students to appreciate Kenilworth Students would define a historical novel Students were able to list the characteristics of a historical novel Would have gained the background information about the novel and the author Would have gained knowledge to appreciate, comprehend and analyse the novel Cultivate an interest to read more historical novels Historical Novel

A novel set in a period off hishistory and attempts to conv the spirit, manners and sociasocial conditions of a past age

May deal with actual historicatorical personages, or a mixtu of fictional and historicalal chacharacters

Focus on a single historicalrical eevent

Attempts to portray a borderorder view of a past society in which great events are reflecreflected by their impact on the private lives of fictional indivindividuals

Became popular with Sirir WalterWal Scott’s Characteristics off GreGreat must exhibit a high level off writiwriting

Setting is a slice from history

Events and characters appropriropriate to historical timeline

Fictional characters merge with history-seems real

Plot intertwined with real andnd ficfictitious events yet seamless

At the end of the novel the readreader may want more of the sto

During and after reading the reareader does research on actua historical facts out of curiositysity Sir Walter Scott [1771-1832]

Sottish poet, historical novelist & playwright s a Novelist

Started writing after gaining popularity as a poet

Wrote on Scottish, British & Irish histories from 11th to 16th centuries

Known for his orks (Novels):- Waverley (1814) (1815) (1816) (Tales of My Landlord, First SeriesSeries) (1816) The Tale of (Tales of My Landlord, FirFirst Series) (1816) (1817) (Tales of My Landlord, SecSecond Series) (1818) (Tales of My Landlord, TThird Series) (1819) (Tales of My Landlord, Third Series) (1819) (1819) (1820) (1820) Kenilworth (1821) (1821) (1822) (1823) (1823) Saint Ronan's Well (1823) (1824) The Betrothed (Tales of the Crusaders) (1825) The Talisman (Tales of the Crusaders) (1825) (1826) Chronicles of the Canongate, First Series (1827) The Fair Maid of Perth (Chronicles of the Canongatngate, Second Series) (1828) (1829) Count Robert of Paris (Tales of My Landlord, Fourth Series) (1831) volumes

13th of the Waverley novels

Wrote about Queen of Scotts The Abbott so wanted to wrote about Queen Elizabeth Kenilworth

Cumnor Hall was the original title suggested by the publisher Constable

His source of inspiration for the novel is the poem “ Hall” by William Julius Mickel Title - Kenilworth It refers to Dudley’s in Kenilworth, Warwickshire It is the seat of power and fortress to the English Built in 1122, it has been altered, extended and strengthened at various times by Henry II, John of Gaunt and Robert Dudley It has the record of sustaining the longest siege during the Wars of Roses It was partially demolished during the Civil War It is now the largest castle ruin in England

Setting

Set in 1575 Elizabethan England

The novel opens at Cumnor place, near Abingdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and moves on to Kenilworth Castle and the Royal Palace in London Centres on the secret marriage of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and

Amy betrothed to Tressilian, loves Dudley and flees her father.

Even though Dudley loves her, courting the favour of Queen , keeps the marriage a secret

The queen discovers the truth

But its too late because Amy is murdered by the earl’s ambitious steward Varney ThemTheme

Selfishness vs Selflessness

Ambition vs love

13 day reception of the Earll to QueenQu Elizabeth to win her hear

The queen’s noble justice Finest characterisation Ambition driven Earl, stoops to deceit to attain goals- but loves Amy and finally gives up pride and ambition and confesses his marriage

Amy pretty, spoiled - her tragic situation teaches her maturity and determination - but too late

Tressilian - serious, and steadfast in love who finally dies of heart break

Varney- greedy and ambitious with no bounds-pushes the Earl beyond limits to secure power -murdering Amy Style Great story teller in 3rd person narrative -but jumps to 1st person when he wants to explain something important

Disjointed flashbacks - picks a thread of story to a logical point and goes back to pick another, thus weaving a colourful pattern

Leaves structural clues all along

Starts each chapter with a reference quotes from a poem relating to the events in the chapter

Has some historical inaccuracies for the sake of the plot-time of Amy’s death, secrecy of Dudley’s marriage, Shakespeare in court, race of mankind woulwould perish did they ce aid each other. We cancannot exist without mut . All therefore that nneed aid have a right it from their fellow-men; and no one who power of granting can refuse it without guil

- Walteralter Scott