How I spent my summer vacation

[missa-gorightry.livejournal.com]

I have to write a composition about what I did this summer, and I'm having a little trouble translating class names.

-Psychology as a Natural Science (i.e. brain chemistry)
-Teaching English as a Second Language
-Class and Money in the American Novel (social class, that is)

Any suggestions appreciated!

Comments

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

But there is a word новелла in Russian, it has some western flavor.
If новелла means the same as роман, why not to use the original word?

[oryx_and_crake]

Новелла does not mean the same as роман. Новелла is a short story.

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

Then it should definetely новелла, not роман, because "novel" is also a short story:
A novella is a short, narrative, prose fiction work. Like the English word "novel", the English word "novella" derives from the Italian word "novella" (plural: "novelle"), for a tale, a piece of news. As the etymology suggests, novellas originally were news of town and country life worth repeating for amusement and edification... (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Novella)

[oryx_and_crake]

It said "American novel" in the original post, not "American novella". Your link says that novella is a short story, and about novel it just says that it was derived from the same Latin word. Read your own quote carefully.

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

You are right.
For "novel" Webster has this:
an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events.

Definetely it's a роман.