Week 6:
Transcendental
and Symbolic Representation
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The short story is a relatively
recent genre
(type) of literature. Its form came to fruition in the 19th
century
in the writings of the French writer Guy de Maupassant, the Russian
Anton
Chekhov, and the American genius, Edgar Allan Poe, who created the
"ideal
short story." Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne employed an
ancient story frame, the "allegory," in which key elements function as
symbols. The literature of both writers, however, exhibit far
more
complex relationships than a more simplistic interpretation would
suggest.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Young Goodman
Brown," 640-648.
Herman Melville
"Bartleby the
Scrivener,"
pp. 699-723.
Edgar Allan Poe
"Ligeia," pp.
581-590.
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Young Nathaniel Hawthorne
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