SHORT STORY WORLD The Nineteenth-Century American Masters BIBLIOTECA DE INVESTIGACIÓN nº 33 María Jesús Hernáez Lerena SHORT STORY WORLD The Nineteenth-Century American Masters UNIVERSIDAD DE LA RIOJA SERVICIO DE PUBLICACIONES 2014 Short story World. The Nineteenth-century American Masters de María Jesús Hernáez Lerena (publicado por la Universidad de La Rioja) se encuentra bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 3.0 Unported. Permisos que vayan más allá de lo cubierto por esta licencia pueden solicitarse a los titulares del copyright. © El autor © Universidad de La Rioja, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2014 publicaciones.unirioja.es E-mail:
[email protected] ISBN: 978-84-697-0045-7 This book is dedicated with abiding love to my husband and child. Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another, and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever. Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Wakefield” Contents Preface. 13 Introduction. 15 Corpus. 23 I. THE CONCEPT OF SHORT STORY . 25 1. Introduction . 26 2. On Construction . 30 3. On Subject. 36 4. Textual Links and the Role of the Reader . 39 5. Relationships with Other Genres . 48 6. On Aesthetics. 53 II. TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE SHORT STORIES BY IRVING, POE, HAWTHORNE AND MELVILLE . 57 1. THE FABULA . 57 1.1. The Short Story Narrative Cycle . 57 1.1.1. Narrative Cycles: Lack of Possibility. 58 1.1.2. Narrative Cycles: The Events. 62 1.1.3. Exceptions to the “Rule” .