The Mini-Cycle

Allan Weiss received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Toronto (1985), with a specialization in Canadian literature. He has taught at York University since 1990, and is currently Associate Professor of English and Humanities. He has edited a number of collections of essays on Canadian fantastic literature, most recently The Canadian Fantastic in Focus (2014), a volume of proceedings of the Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, of which he has been Chair since 1996. He has also published articles and given conference papers on Canadian fantastic literature both in Canada and internationally.

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Sociology of the Short Story

Chapter 2: Anton Chekhov’s "Little Trilogy"

Chapter 3: The Mini-Cycle within a Cycle: Stephen Leacock’s Sunshine Sketches

Chapter 4: The Prototypical Mini-Cycle I: Alice Munro’s "Juliet Triptych"

Chapter 5: The Prototypical Mini-Cycle II: Margaret Atwood’s "Alphinland" Stories

Chapter 6: The Collection of Mini-Cycles

Chapter 7: The Two-Story Mini-Cycle

Chapter 8: The Prototypical Mini-Cycle Plus: Clark Blaise’s "Porter/Carrier Stories"

Chapter 9: The Exploded Mini-Cycle

Chapter 10: Marginal Cases

Conclusion