Avant and Novel

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Avant adjective - Being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques.

Usage example: readers of this very avant novel should not expect to find much in the way of traditional narrative structure

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Novel and avant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Novel" instead an adjective "Avant".

Novel adjective - Not known or experienced before.

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Avant and novel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avant" instead an adjective "Novel".

Nearby Words: novelty, novelist, novella, novelette, novelize

The Western: The frontier novel genre launched by the Leatherstocking Tales developed into the Western genre or can be said to be Westerns avant la lettre.

Source: Literature / The Leatherstocking Tales
Percival Everett's novel Erasure has this after an avant-garde black novelist sells out.

Source: Springtime for Hitler
Lonely Piano Piece: "The Cloud Atlas Sextet" in the film is a twinkly Debussy-esque piece (in the novel, it was described as much more avant-garde).

Source: Film / Cloud Atlas

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