Critiques on "Minimalist" / Anecdotes Theoretical Discussions

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Department of Persian Language and Literature, Tuyserkan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tuyserkan, Iran.

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The story of "minimalist" in its modern sense was born in the 1960s in the West, and it has been considered and welcomed in Iran for more than two decades. The use of essential elements of the story, very low volume and extreme brevity in language use, compactness and silence, the unexpected and surprising ending, charm, simplicity, chastity of language and appeals are of the most important components of this new genre.
Definitions for minimalist / Anecdotes include difference ideas in the size and number of elements. The current paper reviews and analyzes the confusion and mistakes in this regard. The main purpose of this article is to state the differences and contradictions, and to clarify the boundaries, as well as to correct components of this genre to show that specifying limits is not allowed in the creation of creative works. The most important finding of this research is that a Minimalist / Anecdotes have two outstanding features: small size, compactness and silence. This means that many Minimal are Anecdotes due to their small size and a number of short stories are minimal due to silent features.

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Research on Fictional Literature

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Available Online from 15 May 2023

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