American Literature / Unit 2 AML 0120 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Genres the Exam Names: Novel, Novella, Short Story
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The idea
A short story is read at one sitting and turns on a single effect. A novella runs longer with one line of action, a novel with several. The romance, as Hawthorne used the word, claims latitude to depart from the probable.
In practice
One sitting, one line, or many.
Where people slip
Romance is a claim about latitude, not about love.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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