Tuesday, September 4, 2012

FIRST REPORT

A Tale from the Decameron, John William Waterhouse, 1916.





Topic

History of short story


About de content

This blog pretends to explore the history of the short story since the oral tradition until modern works of fiction. I make it, through different forms like a chronology with fragments of representative tales or with some audiovisual productions that have been inspired for this genre.


Table of content

Justification: why a blog about the history of the short story?


1. History of short story
   1.1. From old wives’ tales to work fiction
   1.2. Masters of short story
   1.3. Classic short stories

2. Selected short stories
   2.1. European
   2.2. American 
   2.3. Latin American
   2.4. Oriental

3. The short story in contemporary culture
   3.1. Audiovisual productions
   3.2. Short stories that have inspired art

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