The Fly

by Katherine Mansfield

The Fly: Genre 1 key example

Genre
Explanation and Analysis:

"The Fly" is a short story that falls within the genre of Realism. Realism was an artistic movement that first began in France in the mid-1800s as a response to the heightened, sentimental stylings of Romanticism. Realist fiction tends to focus on the ins and outs of everyday life, often examining seemingly ordinary experiences as a way of conveying the nature of life in the 19th century and beyond.