Short Story Theory at a Crossroads - Softcover

Lohafer, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080711586X ISBN 13: 9780807115862

Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1990

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About this title

From Library Journal:

Its title echoing Charles May's earlier collection of essays ( Short Story Theories , 1976), this work addresses many of the same issues in light of more recent developments in literary theory. In diverse essays by contributors who are frequently writers of stories as well as theorists, the book poses four basic questions: What is a story? How does a story end? How has the story evolved? How is a story processed? Lohafer provides helpful commentaries as bridges between sections, though her aim is not prescriptive but provocative. By embracing a variety of critical approaches (e.g., narratology and discourse analysis), the book strives "not for synthesis, but rather for a sense of community that thrives on debate." A useful bibliography (including several unpublished works) is also provided.
- Albert E. Wilhelm, Tennessee Technological Univ., Cookeville
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 080711586X
• ISBN 13: 9780807115862
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Clarey Jo Ellyn