[HIGHLIGHTS] Much older than we think. This is how Arab writers participated in the emergence of the art of the novel

Many academics argue that the novel dates back to the seventeenth century in Europe. A review of early works in the Arab world and ancient Asia reveals different histories of the emergence of modern literary art.

The novels focus on the development of the character more than the plot because of the role of the novel in the study of the human soul. Early works of fiction prose – ancient novels – include works in Latin, such as The Adventures of the Satricon, which was described as the first Roman novel (circa 150 AD)