conten.²

Brit.

/kɒnt/, U.S.

/kɔnt/

Etymology: French (see count n.¹).

a. A short story (as a form of literary composition).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > other fictional narrative > [noun] > novelette or short story

novelc1500

novella1677

nouvelle1680

novelette1780

novelet1815

long short story1877

short story1877

conte1891

short1912

long short1929

shorty1934

1891 A. Lang Ess. in Little 205 Few men have succeeded both in the conte and the novel.

1908 Daily Chron. 26 Feb. 3/3 There is no demand for the conte in England.

1929 Encycl. Brit. VI. 328/1 The most perfect modern writer of contes is Guy de Maupassant.

1948 F. R. Leavis Great Trad. i. 2 The use made of him [sc. Defoe] in the nineteen-twenties by the practitioners of the fantastic conte (or pseudo-moral fable).

b. spec. A medieval narrative tale (with express or implied reference to Marie de France's Guigemar, lines 19 and 883).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > medieval narrative tale

conte1906

1906 Mod. Lang. Notes XXI. ii. 49/1 The author of Sir Orfeo makes here the same careful distinction between the tale (‘conte’ or ‘aventure’) and the Breton lai that Marie had made.

1929 M. Wattie Lai le Freine p. xvi Obviously the Celtic lais arose out of narratives (contes).

1954 A. J. Bliss Sir Orfeo p. xxxii There can be little doubt that these passages refer to a genuine Breton lai, not to a narrative lai, still less to a strictly Classical conte.

Derivatives

conteur n.

/kɒnˈtəː/ a composer of contes; also, a narrator.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > other fictional narrative > [noun] > novelette or short story > writer of

story writer1747

conteur1857

novelettist1883

noveletter1907

short-storyist1936

1857 A. Mathews Tea-table Talk i. 153 Theodore Hook's..real disdain of..dancers, ‘reminds me’, as determined conteurs say, of another..more memorable evening.

1908 Mod. Lang. Notes XXIII. 205 (title) Thomas and Marie in their relation to the conteurs.

1908 Mod. Lang. Notes XXIII. 207/2 We are apparently dealing here with a writer and one or several ‘conteurs’.

1965 R. S. Loomis in Bessinger & Creed Medieval & Linguistic Stud. 236 All these Welsh tales..were..adopted by the people of Vannes..and coming to the attention of the professional conteurs excited their imagination.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	conte
释义	conten.² Brit. /kɒnt/, U.S. /kɔnt/ Etymology: French (see count n.¹). a. A short story (as a form of literary composition). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > other fictional narrative > [noun] > novelette or short story novelc1500 novella1677 nouvelle1680 novelette1780 novelet1815 long short story1877 short story1877 conte1891 short1912 long short1929 shorty1934 1891 A. Lang Ess. in Little 205 Few men have succeeded both in the conte and the novel. 1908 Daily Chron. 26 Feb. 3/3 There is no demand for the conte in England. 1929 Encycl. Brit. VI. 328/1 The most perfect modern writer of contes is Guy de Maupassant. 1948 F. R. Leavis Great Trad. i. 2 The use made of him [sc. Defoe] in the nineteen-twenties by the practitioners of the fantastic conte (or pseudo-moral fable). b. spec. A medieval narrative tale (with express or implied reference to Marie de France's Guigemar, lines 19 and 883). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > medieval narrative tale conte1906 1906 Mod. Lang. Notes XXI. ii. 49/1 The author of Sir Orfeo makes here the same careful distinction between the tale (‘conte’ or ‘aventure’) and the Breton lai that Marie had made. 1929 M. Wattie Lai le Freine p. xvi Obviously the Celtic lais arose out of narratives (contes). 1954 A. J. Bliss Sir Orfeo p. xxxii There can be little doubt that these passages refer to a genuine Breton lai, not to a narrative lai, still less to a strictly Classical conte. Derivatives conteur n. /kɒnˈtəː/ a composer of contes; also, a narrator. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > other fictional narrative > [noun] > novelette or short story > writer of story writer1747 conteur1857 novelettist1883 noveletter1907 short-storyist1936 1857 A. Mathews Tea-table Talk i. 153 Theodore Hook's..real disdain of..dancers, ‘reminds me’, as determined conteurs say, of another..more memorable evening. 1908 Mod. Lang. Notes XXIII. 205 (title) Thomas and Marie in their relation to the conteurs. 1908 Mod. Lang. Notes XXIII. 207/2 We are apparently dealing here with a writer and one or several ‘conteurs’. 1965 R. S. Loomis in Bessinger & Creed Medieval & Linguistic Stud. 236 All these Welsh tales..were..adopted by the people of Vannes..and coming to the attention of the professional conteurs excited their imagination. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.²1857
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