Surfing’s Early Short Stories by Mark Twain and Jack London: Autofictional Constructions and the Origins of a Genre
This contribution aims to examine the auto-fictional short stories that potentially lay the origins of a long tradition of short fiction in the increasingly recognized genre of surf literature. While exploring early surfing short stories such as Mark Twain’s “Surf-Bathing Failure” (1866) or Jack Lon...
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Journal of the Short Story in English
2024
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Περίληψη: | This contribution aims to examine the auto-fictional short stories that potentially lay the origins of a long tradition of short fiction in the increasingly recognized genre of surf literature. While exploring early surfing short stories such as Mark Twain’s “Surf-Bathing Failure” (1866) or Jack London’s “The Kanaka Surf” (1917), careful attention will be paid to the context of their creation and diffusion as stand-alone and collected works, as well as to the appearance of key elements which appear to create precedence: from setting to cultural evaluation and inclusion. These short works will be viewed through the prism of the author-participant, and thus as short works of auto-fiction which both combine and exceed individual qualifications such as journalism or purely fictional writing. |
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