Our group talked about how longer stories may make juxtaposition harder to identify because you could get lost in all the text. If the things you are "comparing" are spread out along even 1500 words, a reader may miss it.
The juxtaposition stories work best for flash fiction formats because the irony and satire that authors use work best in short, vivid and specific examples. A compacted comparison creates a strong story. If the author were to use a poetical format the irony may not be easily grasped, the reader may be paying close attention to the flow of words, imagery and format, rather than it’s content. If the story were to be in a longer format it may cause for more description or more content of some kind that could make the comparison weaker and watered down, making it more vulnerable to contradiction.
If any other the stories were fashioned in any other style than flash fiction, the essence or feel of the story would lose its novelty. For example, a longer version of "Oral History" would become annoying. In its short form, the creative use of textual spacing is interesting to the reader, but several pages of this format would be overkill.
This week’s stories wouldn’t work in a novel form due to the manner in which they were structured. By this I mean it would be difficult for several of these stories to hold interest in a reader for 800 pages all while still maintaining their original message or meaning. The way in which irony or juxtaposition could be used in a novel but would probably work better as a sub-theme or sub-story in a larger work.
Juxtaposition does not require a lot of description and allows the reader to make own interpretations. Also, the writer does not need to build on the story because the meaning behind is delivered quite clearly. This type of writing gives an opportunity and a challenge to the writer to craft words and sentences artistically.
Some of the more stylistic or creative pieces like "Oral History" only work in short form because the style would become monotonous after a while. Also, length is not needed to convey the purpose or meaning in the story; the meaning comes through in other literary devices such as irony and juxtaposition.
The latest works that used juxtaposition and irony in their arsenal of literary weaponry were crafted intricately and expertly. This structure would unfortunately tire quickly in a longer work and would in fact not be likely to be published.
The stotries deal with juxtaposition and when it comes to writing flash fiction, short is ideal. In a flash piece, the writer wants to fully capture the essense of contrast
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Our group talked about how longer stories may make juxtaposition harder to identify because you could get lost in all the text. If the things you are "comparing" are spread out along even 1500 words, a reader may miss it.
-Elizabeth W.
The juxtaposition stories work best for flash fiction formats because the irony and satire that authors use work best in short, vivid and specific examples. A compacted comparison creates a strong story. If the author were to use a poetical format the irony may not be easily grasped, the reader may be paying close attention to the flow of words, imagery and format, rather than it’s content. If the story were to be in a longer format it may cause for more description or more content of some kind that could make the comparison weaker and watered down, making it more vulnerable to contradiction.
-Courtney Vieth
If any other the stories were fashioned in any other style than flash fiction, the essence or feel of the story would lose its novelty. For example, a longer version of "Oral History" would become annoying. In its short form, the creative use of textual spacing is interesting to the reader, but several pages of this format would be overkill.
This week’s stories wouldn’t work in a novel form due to the manner in which they were structured. By this I mean it would be difficult for several of these stories to hold interest in a reader for 800 pages all while still maintaining their original message or meaning. The way in which irony or juxtaposition could be used in a novel but would probably work better as a sub-theme or sub-story in a larger work.
Juxtaposition does not require a lot of description and allows the reader to make own interpretations. Also, the writer does not need to build on the story because the meaning behind is delivered quite clearly. This type of writing gives an opportunity and a challenge to the writer to craft words and sentences artistically.
Some of the more stylistic or creative pieces like "Oral History" only work in short form because the style would become monotonous after a while. Also, length is not needed to convey the purpose or meaning in the story; the meaning comes through in other literary devices such as irony and juxtaposition.
The latest works that used juxtaposition and irony in their arsenal of literary weaponry were crafted intricately and expertly. This structure would unfortunately tire quickly in a longer work and would in fact not be likely to be published.
The stotries deal with juxtaposition and when it comes to writing flash fiction, short is ideal. In a flash piece, the writer wants to fully capture the essense of contrast
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