MBANO KATIKA HADITHI FUPI
MFANO WA HADITHI FUPI YA DAMU NYEUSI
Abstract
Short story is one among the written literature genres which, for a long time has been neglected. However, recently, and as far as Kiswahili literature is concerned, the genre is growing rapidly. Short stories, like any other literary genres, have their peculiar features. One of the key features, which unfortunately many literary critics are not aware about it, is compression. This is the feature that differentiates short stories from other forms of fictions such as novel. This paper, therefore, aims at discussing the importance of compression as a key feature of short stories citing examples from a Ken Walibora’s Kiswahili short story Damu Nyeusi in collection Damu Nyeusi na Hadithi Nyengine.
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