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How did Lukács view the novel as a literary genre?

  • As insignificant

  • As the most superior form

  • Indifferently

  • As a vehicle for exploring social relations

Answer

Georg Lukács believed that the novel was a vehicle for exploring social relations. He saw the novel as a genre that could depict the complexity of human life and the social forces that shape it. He argued that the novel was the most important literary genre of the modern era because it was able to capture the changing nature of social reality.
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