The Postmodern Short Story: Forms and Issues

by Joseph Boyden, Mary Rohrberger, Farhat Iftekharrudin, et al.

Book Overview

Short stories are usually defined in terms of characteristics of modernism, in which the story begins in the middle, develops according to a truncated plot, and ends with an epiphany. This approach tends to ignore postmodernism, a movement often characterized by a negation of objective reality where plots are seemingly abandoned, surfaces are extraordinary, and symbols turn inward on themselves. This book examines postmodern forms and characteristic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313323755
• ISBN13: 9780313323751
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.5"