The novel as short story

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  • Kirk Schlueter 202 E. Pierce Kirksville, Mo.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18533/journal.v1i3.41

Keywords:

Novel, short story, , genre, literature

Abstract

In recent history, the novel has been thought of and defined primarily as a long prose narrative. However, this has not been the case historically, as the original meaning of "novel" was for "a piece of news" or "a short story or novella." Returning to this original definition, I propose a new way of viewing the work known contemporarily as the novel as a collection, or sequence, of united short stories rather than a single indivisible work, with the component short stories or novellas comprising the sequence renamed as "novels." A brief examination of several classic works traditionally considered novels serves to illustrate how this change in definition will affect reading.

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