The Latin American Short Story and its Poetic Origin

Abstract

The theory and criticism of the microfiction has attempted to show that the origin of this new literary genre comes from his relationship with narrative forms, especially short stories and fragmentary novel, but not with regard to poetry, whose enormous influence has not been well studied yet. In this article, however, it is analysed precisely the Latin American short story and the significant contribution they have received from poets (and poetry) since the beginning of its creation (mid XIX Century) until its most recent manifestations. This article will show how the origins of the Spanish American microfiction (and the microfiction in general) are linked to the same evolution of poetic genre, its main influence.