Abuso e repressão: fibras do mesmo fio na infância das meninas de Helena Parente Cunha by Lílian Almeida de Oliveira Lima

“…Young and adult women are the main characters of her plots, but the girls also take part in the complaint about the pain and the oppression imposed by culturally - established patterns. In this article, short stories of the books Os provisórios , Cem mentiras de verdade and Falas e falares are discussed, analyzing the situations of abuse and repression to which children are su bjected, and the demarcations of gender present there. …”
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வா. மு. கோமு சிறுகதைகள் காட்டும் பண்பாட்டு மீறல்கள் / Cultural Violation shown in the Short Stories of Vaa. Mu. Komu... by அ. சதிஸ்குமார் / A. Sathishkumar

“…He shows their cultural elements such as beliefs, customs, worship, religion, and caste in his short stories and he speaks strongly about the violations of those cultures. …”
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Os convivas da morte no banquete das almas: presença de eguns em um conto de João Antônio by Gilberto Figueiredo Martins

“…Written literature has become a privileged space for performance and, conse- quently, for recording and fostering of values and practices of various groups and social segments. In the short story analyzed in this essay - "Eguns" - João Antônio (1937-1996), a writer from São Paulo, presents a narrator who describes in detail an unusual religious celebration held in Bahia, meant for the cult of ances- tors. …”
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Trabalho artesanal e trabalho industrial como elementos de sociabilidade, subjetividade e tragédia em “A mão esquerda”, de Roniwalter Jatobá by Angela Maria Rubel Fanini, Adriana Cabral dos Santos

“…This paper investigates the short story “A mão esquerda”, by the Brazilian writer Roniwalter Jatobá, focusing the handy craft labor as an element of subjectiveness, sociability and ontology and factory labor as an element of depersonalization, disagregation and tragedy. …”
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“Vó, a senhora é lésbica?” Pergunta à queima-roupa e respostas para a constituição de uma utopia by João Barreto da Fonseca, Renata Barreto da Fonseca

“…, dialoguing with Monique Wittig and other authors who proposed a lesbian utopia, using the literary text itself as a self-reflective resource. The writer’s effort in the short story is to break with the tradition of silencing and to propose an opening of topics for discussion within the family in order to break through heterosexual oppression.…”
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Limites e intersecções do estético com o político no filme Janela indiscreta, de Alfred Hitchcock, e no conto "Sessão das quatro", de Roberto Drummond by Wanderlan da Silva Alves

“…We analyze the short-story “Sessão das quatro”, by Brazilian writer Roberto Drummond, and the movie Rear Window, by Alfred Hitchcock. …”
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Ricardo Guilherme Dicke e o processo de transculturação na l iteratura by Adriana Lins Precioso, louchabel Sarratchara de Fátima Falcão

“…To exemplify this proposal, we analyze excerpts of the short stories „Toada do Esquecido‟ (2006), „Sinfonia equestre‟ (2006), „A proximidade do mar‟ (2011), „O Velho Moço‟ (2011) and „A perseguição‟ (2011), by Ricardo Guilherme Dicke, writer from the state of Mato Grosso, who promotes the dialogue between regional and global issues by the transculturation bias.…”
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Building Bridges through Writing: An Interview with Rohini Bannerjee by Sara Casco-Solís

“…Her short stories and poetry—written in both French and English—explore themes of belonging, identity and body image. …”
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Challenges of Prose Fiction Writing in Uganda: A Case Study of Kanungu District in Western Uganda. by Kabagyenyi, Maurine

“…The purpose of this study was to find out the challenges faced by prose fiction writers in Uganda. The study was guided by the following objectives; to identify the relevance of short stories in Uganda, and to identify the challenges faced by prose fiction writers in Uganda…”
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Constructing Identities: Amos Tutuola and the Ibadan Literary Elite in the wake of Nigerian Independence by Mackenzie Finley

“…They’re afraid to meet the ghosts from the dead” (emphasis in original).1 Amos Tutuola (1920–1997) was recognized globally for his perpetuation of Yoruba folklore tradition via novels and short stories written in unconventional English. …”
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