*A short
story is a prose narrative “requiring from half an hour to one or two hours in its perusal.” – Edgar Allan
Poe.
*The short
story has firmly established itself as a favourite form in modern literature.
*Short story
differs from the novel in length.so it must of necessity differ from it in
motive, plan and structure.
*The subject
of a story must be one that can be adequately and effectively developed within
the prescribed limits
*Singleness
of aim and singleness of effect are, therefore the two great canons by which we
have to try the value of a short story as a piece of art.
*By reason of
its brevity and concentration, the short story manifestly demands particular
care in all the details of composition.
*Method must
ultimately depend upon matter and purpose. Local colour is an essential feature
and the expansion of description is therefore fully justified.
*A dramatic
incident or situation; a telling scene; a closely co-ordinated series of events; a phase of
character; a bit of experience; an aspect of life; a moral problem- any one of
these, and innumerable other motives which might be added to the list, may be
made the nucleus of a thoroughly satisfactory story.
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