<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The paper seeks to identify the cluster of essential features for a working definition of the short story, in an attempt to establish short fiction as a fully independent literary genre. I further explore the fundamental mode of thinking and of imagination generated by reading short fiction.</p></abstract>

The paper seeks to identify the cluster of essential features for a working definition of the short story, in an attempt to establish short fiction as a fully independent literary genre. I further explore the fundamental mode of thinking and of imagination generated by reading short fiction.

What is a Short Story Besides Short? Questioning Minds in Search of Understanding Short Fiction

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The paper seeks to identify the cluster of essential features for a working definition of the short story, in an attempt to establish short fiction as a fully...

What is a Short Story Besides Short? Questioning Minds in Search of Understanding Short Fiction

Published Online: May 01, 2014

Page range: 144 - 151

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0018

Keywords
counterfactual thinking, hypothetical plots, short story, structural brevity

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

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What is a Short Story Besides Short? Questioning Minds in Search of Understanding Short Fiction

Published Online: May 01, 2014

Page range: 144 - 151

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0018

Keywordscounterfactual thinking, hypothetical plots, short story, structural brevity

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
counterfactual thinking, hypothetical plots, short story, structural brevity