Eleven short fictions are introduced with a discussion of genre. Genre is looked at as being a matter of degree ranging from absolute prose on one end of the spectrum to a very specific form of poem with conventions of its own such as the Shakespearean Sonnet on the other end of the spectrum. The analysis is made in an appeal for the short-short story (or sudden fiction) as being a genre of its own. It is argued that regardless of what category a fiction may fall into (and some of the distinctions seem arbitrary), that what is most important is success at conveying a meaningful experience.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc501044 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Kenney, Stephen Robert |
| Contributors | Cairns, Scott, Rodman, Barbara Ann, Mitchell, Giles R. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iii, 67 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Kenney, Stephen Robert, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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