THE MASTER OF THE SHORT STORY-ALICE MUNRO

Abstract

The Nobel laureate Alice Munro is not called the "Canadian Chekhov" for nothing: the Chekhov beginning is significant in her prose. The material of the early cycle of short stories "Who are you, actually?" (Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978), as well as the publication of thematic collections "Runaway" (Runaway, 2004) and "Too Much Happiness" (Too Much Happiness, 2009) shows that Chekhov's legacy was important for the Canadian writer throughout her work. The article is devoted to the disclosure of similarities and differences between the stories of Chekhov and the 2013 Nobel Prize winner of the Canadian writer Alice Munro.