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1. 1. Teoria Do Conto

   

   A concise theoretical study of the short story as a distinct literary form, analyzing its formal and narrative features—brevity, structural unity, concentrated theme, economy of language, focalization, temporality and modes of closure—and how those elements produce particular aesthetic effects; it situates the genre historically and culturally, compares it with longer narrative forms, and provides conceptual tools and criteria for close reading and critical evaluation of short fiction, illustrated by literary examples and interpretive strategies.