AMERICAN NOVELLA: TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENRE

Abstract

In American literature during two centuries the genre novella experienced changes, developed and found its own place. Some writers such as V. Irving, N. Hawthorne, G. Merville and E. Poe established main rules of short epic. At the end of the nineteenth century American novella was accepted as an independent genre and developed its own features. Expressing unity of impression is one of the main characteristics of American novella. Furthermore, this genre strengthened the internal plot and weakened the exterior plot. The twentieth century American novella writers moved in the direction of the European realistic story writers. In short epics the author approaches the hero, the narrative is told in the first person which the hero expresses his own experiences. This helps show the hero’s inner world, mental ability and psychological states vividly. In this field many American writers contributed and established the rules.