Modernist (hi)stories[mesa redonda]

  1. Sánchez-Pardo González, Esther
  2. Sacido Romero, Jorge
  3. Sánchez Calle, María Pilar
  4. Lojo Rodríguez, Laura María
Book:
Proceedings from the 31st AEDEAN Conference: [electronic resource]
  1. Lorenzo Modia, María Jesús (ed. lit.)
  2. Alonso Giráldez, José Miguel (ed. lit.)
  3. Amenedo Costa, Mónica (ed. lit.)
  4. Cabarcos-Traseira, María J. (ed. lit.)
  5. Lasa Álvarez, Begoña (ed. lit.)

Publisher: Servizo de Publicacións ; Universidade da Coruña

ISBN: 978-84-9749-278-2

Year of publication: 2008

Pages: 765-774

Congress: Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos. Congreso (31. 2007. A Coruña)

Type: Conference paper

Abstract

Chronologically speaking, the rise of the modern short story coincides with the very years of inception of the Modernist movement in England. Formally speaking, aesthetic innovation as carried out by certain writers in their short narratives predates technical achievements in their most renowned novels. This round table will focus on some short narratives by Henry James, Virginia Woolf and Rebecca West, revolving around the idea of the short story as a privileged site for path-breaking literary innovations we normally identify as "modernist", which encompass new attempts at viewing the literary tradition.