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Asymmetries in Short Story vs. Novel by Jelena is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This summary discusses the relationship between short stories and novels as genres. It argues that short stories are typically viewed as a dependent or "marked" genre in relation to novels, which are now the dominant form of prose fiction. This asymmetry is seen both in theories of the short story, which invariably compare it to novels in terms of brevity, and in trends in short story writing, such as an emphasis on fragments or moments that relate to the more complete form of the novel. The summary examine

Author
Jelena
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EN