Introduction

The type of mind that can understand good fiction is not necessarily the educated mind, but it is at all times the kind of mind that is willing to have its sense of mystery deepened by contact with reality, and its sense of reality deepened by contact with mystery.Flannery O’Connor (79).The short s...

Celý popis

Uloženo v:
Podrobná bibliografie
Vydáno v:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/jsse,
Hlavní autoři: Préher, Gérald, Bray, Suzanne
Médium: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jazyk:Anglais
Vydáno: Journal of the Short Story in English 2024
On-line přístup:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Popis
Shrnutí:The type of mind that can understand good fiction is not necessarily the educated mind, but it is at all times the kind of mind that is willing to have its sense of mystery deepened by contact with reality, and its sense of reality deepened by contact with mystery.Flannery O’Connor (79).The short story is frequently associated with mystery and secrecy. Its most renowned theorists-practitioners, when reflecting upon the genre often end up discussing the enigma at the core. For Eudora Welty, “...