Sobre los Orígenes del Cuento Norteamericano
Authors
Broncano Rodriguez, ManuelPublisher
Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. Servicio de Publicaciones
Date
1992Bibliographic citation
REDEN : revista española de estudios norteamericanos, 1992, n. 5, p. [57]-69. ISSN 1131-9674
Document type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Access rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Abstract
The U.S. predilection for writing short stories is analysed through a series of
socioeconomlc and cultural factors which acknowledge them as a "genuine"
American genre. Previous to the Civl War, the writer had to turn to short stories as
a means of gathering the experiences of an isolated population who laked a well developed social system. The non-existence of an International copywright law to
control the rights of publications made editors publish English literature or European literature translated because it was less expensive. The extensive periodical
publications of magazines and annuals became the only means of publication for the
local writers: without this market, short stories would have probably never flourished.
After the Civil War, the new period of high economic activity left people little leisure
time therefore favouring the reading of complete stories rather than serials. The
puritan religious mentality lead to a significant delay of the birth of the novel. Short stories, on the other hand, were a valuable means to illustrate moral teachings, they were written for protestant ethic purposes.
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