Short Fiction
Short Fiction is a narrative prose genre of imaginative literature characterized by its brevity relative to the novel—typically a self-contained work under about 10,000 words—that focuses on a limited number of characters, settings, and events in order to achieve a concentrated thematic or emotional effect.
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The Short Story: A Critical Introduction
Helmut Bonheim, Valerie Shaw · The Modern Language Review · 1985 · 120 citations
The short story cycle: a genre companion and reference guide
Choice Reviews Online · 1989 · 86 citations
Arts, Literature, Genre Studies +13
Tales of tears and laughter: short fiction of Medieval Japan
Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 84 citations
Towards a Definition of the Novella
Harry Steinhauer · Seminar A Journal of Germanic Studies · 1970 · 73 citations
Arts, Literature, Fiction +9
The short story: the reality of artifice
Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 64 citations
Humanities, Literature, Fiction +10
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Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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8 publications
348 citations

McGill University
Montreal, Canada
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2 publications
34 citations

Umeå University
Umeå, Sweden
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1 publications
39 citations
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, United States
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1 publications
21 citations
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
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1 publications
73 citations

University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
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1 publications
12 citations
University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
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2 publications
26 citations

Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
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1 publications
24 citations
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CRO · 24 publications · 722 citations
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6 publications · 99 citations
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SSF · 2 publications · 29 citations
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WLT · 2 publications · 70 citations
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