Genre reduction in contemporary prose (on the example of L. Devis’s fiction)

Journal Title: UNKNOWN - Year 2014, Vol 4, Issue

Abstract

This article examines such phenomenon of modern mini-genres as reduction that particularly appears in short stories. This article presents current understanding of a short story as a genre, as well as its evolution from the historical-literary point of view. It also analyses L. Davis’s short stories in comparison with other genres of flash fiction.

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Tatiana Gennadievna Lee

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Tatiana Gennadievna Lee (2014). Genre reduction in contemporary prose (on the example of L. Devis’s fiction). UNKNOWN, 4(), 17-17. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-215522