- Title
- Parodies of Six-Word Stories: A Comic Literary Metagenre
- Author/Creator
- David Fishelov
- Publication Details
- Connotations: A Journal for Critical Debate, Vol.31, pp.33-55
- Annotation
- Citing Hemingway's incorrectly attributed "baby shoes" as the prototype of the six-word story, Fishelov situates parodies of six-word stories within their generic, metageneric, and parodic contexts. Fishelov identifies central characteristics of the form and discusses how these elements combine in dozens of story examples (e.g., "For sale. BMW. Blinkers never used."). Notes that knowledge of the genre and "baby shoes" story is vital for fully appreciating the humor of some parodies, which he suggests attests to the mini-genre's growing popularity and range.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Record Identifier
- 991015131437403691
Journal article
Parodies of Six-Word Stories: A Comic Literary Metagenre
Connotations: A Journal for Critical Debate, Vol.31, pp.33-55
2022
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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