NOVELIST OR SHORT-STORY WRITER? NEW APPROACHES TO GORDIMER’S SHORT FICTION
NOVELIST OR SHORT-STORY WRITER? NEW APPROACHES TO GORDIMER’S SHORT FICTION
Author(s): Ileana Şora DimitriuSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: fictional genres; short story vs novel; Gordimer
Summary/Abstract: Nadine Gordimer is best known as a novelist committed to fighting social injustice. Mainstream criticism has paid little attention to her short fiction, as it has been considered to be less significant politically. This article attempts to rectify such a perception, and to endorse the view that Gordimer’s novels and short fiction are equally appropriate as fictional vehicles for depicting the vagaries of history.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 91-99
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English