noun
- a person who opposes or rejects the novel as a literary form or who writes works that deliberately subvert or challenge conventional novelistic conventions
Usage: literary criticism; often used in academic contexts
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of opposition to the novel form or to conventional narrative techniques
Usage: literary criticism
Examples
- The experimental writer was considered an antinovelist for rejecting traditional plot structures.
- His antinovelist approach challenged readers' expectations about what fiction should be.
- Some critics viewed the movement as antinovelist in its deliberate fragmentation of narrative.
- The author's antinovelist stance led her to abandon linear storytelling entirely.
- Antinovelist writers often employ metafictional techniques to deconstruct the genre.