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John Beevers
The Contemporary Short Story Cycle
Discipline/professional area
English
Outline of research project
n analysis of the contemporary short story cycle, and the organising principles through which the genre emerges from the short story and assumes many of the characteristics of the novel. The research will inform the writing of my own composite novel.
Key references
- DUNN, Maggie and MORRIS, Ann (1995). The Composite Novel: Short story cycle in transition. 1st ed., Twayne.
- INGRAM, Forrest L. (1971). Representative Short Story Cycles of the Twentieth Century. The Hague: Mouton.
- KENNEDY, J. G. (1995). Modern American Short Story Sequences: Composite fictions and fictive communities. Cambridge University Press.
- LOHAFER, Susan and CLAREY, Jo E. (eds.) (1989) Short Story Theory at a Crossroads. Louisiana State UP
- NAGEL, James (2001). The Contemporary American Short Story Cycle: The ethnic resonance of genre. Louisiana State University Press.
Director of studies
Dr. Steven Earnshaw
Supervisors
Linda-Lee Welch
Expected completion date
2009
