Short Stories
Short stories began to emerge in the 19th century shaped by a wider desire for historical and artistic credibility as novels. Similar to the novels, short stories aimed to depict psychological and social realism. The prevalence of literary articles provided apt opportunities for authors to convey their artistic imagination in short stories while shaping their pervasiveness. Short stories were mostly concerned with presenting their audience with rigorous intellect in one or two episodes. Additionally, the short form stories stimulated concise narration, the omission of intricate plots and economy of setting. Through its limited scope, it limited the treatment of its subject and characters. The impact of the artistic imagination in the short stories shaped the development of Modernity as they attempted to convey historical credibility. Also, the fiction in short stories moulded society through the imaginative ideas that were later adopted in different technologies.
The popularity of short stories impacted the development of Modernity as they were adopted in innovations and technologies. While writing short stories, authors such as Edgar Allan Poe chose intricate diction and masterful planning of plots that created seamless templates that influenced the development of Modernity (Al-Alami, 2016). For instance the invention of the Sherlock Holmes series which was later adopted by television and films and series in the present day. The templates from the short stories revolutionized the innovation of television series. Modern innovation technologies relate to the stylistic approaches in short stories in that contemporary film writers use the same procedure. Hence, the short stories provided an essential element to set design in the innovation of technology.
The progress of short stories is inextricably linked to the development of Modernity as evidenced by the advancement of modern television films fostered by short-form genres. Still, short stories are more appropriate than televisions and movies today in that televisions and films are incapable of exploring the dramatic possibilities as presented in novels and short stories. Moreover, films built from novels and short story scripts are less sustained, intricate and detailed. Televisions and films do not have the specific breadth in scale as novels, and short stories are filled with dramatic possibilities. Novels and short stories present narrative forms and story mediums that are not limited to setting limitations making these two genre incomparable (Al-Alami, 2016). Even though television and films are fostered from short stories, they do not maximize on every element from the stories. Hence, strategies from films and television may differ from the literary policies from short stories and novels.
Before short stories emerged to foster modernization, novels were predominant. Novels became popular as people had financial means and time to buy texts for amusement. Thus, the authors were pressured to be consistent in providing more novels. Providing more content promoted the publication of novel chapters in instalments as it endorsed authors to gain more pay and popularity. Still, this strategy promoted padding, where stories unrelated to the stories in the novels were added, distracting overall plot development (Al-Alami, 2016). Padding helped authors to lessen the pressure by putting unexciting dialogues between characters. Similarly, in contemporary films, producers pad multiple episodes with one common scene, to lengthen the movies. Therefore, this illustrates how modernization in technology was revolutionized grounded on historical, literary strategies from novels.
The short story genre has significantly influenced the development of new genres in relation to technology, literature and ideas. Its literary principles continue to guide the development of Modernity in film, theatre and television. Overall, the writing theory in short stories revolutionized the present century through stylistic approaches that eloquently articulate artistic and historical credibility.
Reference
Al-Alami, S. (2016). The Power of Short Stories, Novellas and Novels in Today’s World. International Journal of Language and Literature, 4(1), 21-35.