Postmodernism, as a mode of the contemporary short story, has been clearly established and recognized by short story theorists. But postmodern theory, as pervasive as it has become among academics in the last half century, has scarcely been applied to the short story genre in particular. Many contemporary scholars, nonetheless, are currently making use of certain postmodern thematic approaches to help them determine meanings of particular short stories. T
Short story theory began with Edgar Allan Poe's review of Twice-Told Tales, a collection of stories by his...
Postmodernism, as a mode of the contemporary short story, has been clearly established and recognized by short story theorists. But postmodern theo...