FEMININE DEATH AS SACRIFICE IN THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL, DEAD MEN’S PATH, AND THE STORY OF AN HOUR by Wanda Andres Saputra, Asmanadia Izzatul Karimah, Alya Nur Halizah, Dinda Ayu Fitriani, Tera Sella Isyfiani, Muhammad Rizal

“…Based on Spradley's theory and analysis, we argue that the three short stories all have extremity and sacrifice; in the short story by Hans Christian Andersen, there is a mode or form of death called "being-towards-death." …”
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American rhapsodies revisited: figures de l'altérité et voix mêlées dans Music through the Floor (2005) d'Eric Puchner by Nathalie Vincent-Arnaud

“…The collection of short stories Music through the Floor, published in 2005, is Eric Puchner's first fictional work. …”
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THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT’S TWO FRIENDS AND ARTURO ARIAS’ TOWARD PATZUN by Kristiawan Indriyanto

“… This paper compares and contrasts two short stories, Guy De Maupassant’s Two Friends and Arturo Arias’ Toward Patzun. …”
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Narrative Environment of Malgudi: Space, Autonomy, and Belonging by Gouthaman K J, Nandini Pradeep J

“…The paper explores the interactions between space and social structures that affect the lives of the inhabitants of a narrative world; the effects of a narrative environment on the subjectivities and social lives of characters. R. K. Narayan's short stories reveal multifarious relations within space; socially produced, politically re-shaped, and inherently contested. …”
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Indigeneity and Resistance in Zubair Ahmad’s Grieving for Pigeons by Nayab Sadiq

“…Moreover, significantly, these short stories also showcase a postcolonial resistance. …”
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"[T]he rising silhouette of the city" : une poétique des choses urbaines dans "Coming, Aphrodite !" et "The Diamond Mine" de Willa Cather by Céline Manresa

“…By focusing on two short stories devoted to the representation of New York at the turn of the twentieth century—"Coming, Aphrodite!" …”
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Hardy, Galileo and the Art of Transgression by Nathalie Bantz-Gaszczak

“…It seems that for Hardy, eager to be more ‘sincere’ than what decorum and ‘the censorship of prudery’ permitted, short stories and poems were literary forms that allowed more elbow room than novels: ‘If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone’.…”
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Os fantasmas pornô de Santiago Nazarian e seus adolescentes bizarros by Aileen El-Kadi

“…This article analyses the book of short stories Pornofantasma (Record, 2011) by Santiago Nazarian. …”
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Mental State Inferences Abilities Contribution to Verbal Irony Comprehension in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment by G. Gaudreau, L. Monetta, J. Macoir, S. Poulin, R. Jr. Laforce, C. Hudon

“…Subjects were administered a task evaluating mentalizing by means of short stories. A verbal irony comprehension task, in which participants had to identify ironic or sincere statements within short stories, was also administered; the design of the task allowed uniform implication of mentalizing across the conditions. …”
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Policy and Culture: From Machiavelli’s Political Philosophy to Kipling’s Political Prophecies by K. M. Dolgov, E. I. Starikova

“…The article is concerned with interrelationship of policy and culture, in particular N.Machiavelli's political philosophy and its reflection in some short stories by R.Kipling, one of the most recognized representatives of the British imperial thought. …”
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Les jeudis d’Émile Zola by Alain Pagès

“…A final section compares these Parisian Thursdays to the “Médan evenings” associated with the collection of short stories, “Les Soirées de Médan”, published in April 1880.…”
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Narradores da exclusão ou a infância pobre na literatura brasileira contemporânea by Georgina Martins

“…Its purpose is also deepens the related questions, concerned to the subject, in order to show the differences and similarities amongst the various forms of narratives and the comprehension of such representation.The material for analysis are the short stories of Antonio Carlos Viana, Marcelino Freire and Rubens Figueiredo, whose texts reflect the situation of precariousness that we will find a significant part of the contemporary childhood…”
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Thomas Hardy entre fiction et poésie by Jean-Charles Perquin

“…Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 and is still known today for the decades he devoted to the art of fiction and the numerous novels and short stories he wrote. But the novelist is far less known for the poetry he persistently composed. …”
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From Sensationalism to Sensation: Brian Evenson’s Affecting Texts by Nawelle Lechevalier-Bekadar

“…Brian Evenson’s work forcefully resists literary categorization, playfully mixing then deconstructing genres such as the Gothic, the western, post-apocalyptic fiction, magic realism to name but a few. Yet several short stories and novellas seem to strive towards a common fantasy: achieving sensation. …”
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Houses of Horror or Magical Kingdoms? Past Times Revisited with Miguel Ángel Asturias, Carlos Fuentes and Julio Cortázar by Lois Marie Jaeck

“…In the three short stories to be examined, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Carlos Fuentes and Julio Cortázar incorporate Pre-Columbian beliefs and customs into colonial and post-colonial Latin American reality. …”
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Settled by David Mann

“…It was written as part of a collection of short stories that seeks, through the lens of fiction, to provide an alternative record and critique of the South African art world. …”
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O que é literatura? Provocações metalinguísticasem narrativas de Luci Collin by Lúcia Osana Zolin

“…The current paper discusses the metafiction inthe short stories of Luci Collin. The theoretical interdisciplinary perspective isforegrounded on post-structuralist thought.…”
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Challenges of Prose Fiction Writing in Uganda: A Case Study of Kanungu District in Western Uganda. by Kabagyenyi, Maurine

“…The study was guided by the following objectives; to identify the relevance of short stories in Uganda, and to identify the challenges faced by prose fiction writers in Uganda…”
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