The New Short Story Theories represent a dynamic shift in literary criticism, emphasizing the genre's fluid boundaries and the multifaceted ways stories communicate meaning. Moving beyond traditional structuralist frameworks, these theories explore the interplay between narrative form, reader response, and cultural context, highlighting the short story’s capacity for innovation and experimentation. They engage with themes of fragmentation, ambiguity, and the subversion of conventional plot structures, reflecting contemporary concerns with identity, memory, and language. This evolving critical perspective enriches our understanding of the short story not merely as a condensed novel but as a distinct art form, capable of profound aesthetic and intellectual impact.
The New Short Story Theories represent a dynamic shift in literary criticism, emphasizing the genre's fluid boundaries and the multifaceted ways stories communicate meaning. Moving beyond traditional structuralist frameworks, these theories explore the interplay between narrative form, reader response, and cultural context, highlighting the short story’s capacity for innovation and experimentation. They engage with themes of fragmentation, ambiguity, and the subversion of conventional plot structures, reflecting contemporary concerns with identity, memory, and language. This evolving critical perspective enriches our understanding of the short story not merely as a condensed novel but as a distinct art form, capable of profound aesthetic and intellectual impact.
Ohio University Press, 1994 softcover first edition, copy has minimal shelf wear and has been read (page xvii. has a sentence underlined, see photo) otherwise a good copy
