ENG215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Michael Crummey, Angus Maclean, Stoicism
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Factors that cause short stories to be deemed a minor art form: economic factor that short does not sell well, considered an apprentice form before starting novel leads to idea that short story is minor art form. It says what story should do and not what it can do: poe"s defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374) is the first a(cid:374)d had lasti(cid:374)g i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e o(cid:374) (cid:449)hat literar(cid:455) (cid:272)ritics and readers thought of the genre. Theories of short story served to produce a model of the genre that stressed: concentration on a single character and event, compression of narrative into a single revealing segment, necessary culminating and unifying moment the epiphany. O(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e else"s defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374) - genre is capable of anything. Only definite characteristic is that it is short. This genre is a reading experience that is exciting and transformative. Avoid thinking short story is simple, limited, generic/standard model. Look for genre capability to accommodate, allow for movement, expansion, scope, generosity, pluralism.
