#  Novel Theory 

 



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The novel is a radically capacious and always evolving genre, open to the full range of world literature, across periods and locations. This seminar examines the novel and its various, overlapping functions as aesthetic object, cultural artifact, historical text, and conceptual resource—the novel as theory and the novel in theory. Through comparative and multidisciplinary inquiry, we approach the novel from a wide range of vantage points.



 



 

 

 

 

##  Past Events 

 



  [### Dubbing Utopia in the Early Korean American Novel

 ](/event/dubbing-utopia-early-korean-american-novel?occ_id=0)Apr 23, 2026

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 6:00PM EDT 

 

 

   [### Why Care About Flat Characters?: Katie Ebner-Landy in conversation with Marta Figlerowicz and Deidre Lynch

 ](/event/why-care-about-flat-characters-katie-ebner-landy-conversation-marta-figlerowicz-and-deidre?occ_id=0)March 10, 2026

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 6:00PM EDT 

 

 

   [### Labor and the Novel: A Roundtable with Christina Lupton, Leah Price, and Moira Weigel

 ](/event/labor-and-novel-roundtable-christina-lupton-leah-price-and-moira-weigel?occ_id=0)Mar 3, 2026

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 6:00PM EST 

 

 

  

 

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##  Chairs 

 



  [### Deidre Lynch

 ](/people/deidre-lynch) <deidrelynch@fas.harvard.edu> 

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   [### Yoon Sun Lee

 ](/people/yoon-sun-lee) <ylee@wellesley.edu> 

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