Genre reduction in contemporary prose (on the example of L. Devis’s fiction)

Abstract

This article examines such phenomenon of modern mini-genres as reduction that particularly appears in short stories. This article presents current understanding of a short story as a genre, as well as its evolution from the historical-literary point of view. It also analyses L. Davis’s short stories in comparison with other genres of flash fiction.

Keywords

• short story
• reduction
• minimization
• paroemia
• essay
• experiment
• miniature
• folklore