Vignette (literature)

Vignette (literature)
Vignette (literature)
Formats	Prose
Authors	Ernest Hemingway, Margaret Atwood, Sandra Cisneros, Alice Walker, Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, William S. Burroughs, Tim O'Brien (author)
Related genres
	Sketch story, Short Story, Flash Fiction, Drabble, Slice of Life
Related topics
	Literature, Novel, Poetry

A vignette (/vɪnˈjɛt/ ^ⓘ, also /viːnˈ-/) is a French loanword expressing a short and descriptive piece of writing that captures a brief period in time.^[1]^[2] Vignettes are more focused on vivid imagery and meaning rather than plot.^[3] Vignettes can be stand-alone, but they are more commonly part of a larger narrative, such as vignettes found in novels or collections of short stories.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b Akinci, Ugur (2012). How to Write a Vignette.
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[:1-2] Akinci, Ugur (2012). How to Write a Vignette.

[:0-3] "The House on Mango Street Writing Style". www.shmoop.com. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

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