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What is the specific literary genre Lukács developed theory of?

  • The poem

  • The drama

  • The short story

  • The novel

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Georg Lukács developed a theory of the novel, which he saw as a unique literary form that could express the social and historical contradictions of modern life. In his book Theory of the Novel, Lukács argued that the novel was a product of the rise of the bourgeoisie and the emergence of individualism in the modern world.
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