(一) 微型小说是一种字数限于千字上下的小说。在日本它叫做掌中小说,台湾一带称之为极短篇,大陆叫它微型小说。微型小说或极短篇,本是英文“short short story”的中译。它最初出现在西方,它的文类特征除了以字数(五百至两千)来规范外,也有以阅读时间来阐释它的,如“一分钟小说”、“四分钟小说”;以内容来阐释它的,如“Sudden Fiction”(突发小说或瞬间小 (A) Micro-fiction is a novel whose words are limited to thousands of words. In Japan it is called a palm-sized novels, Taiwan is called extremely short articles, the mainland called it miniature novels. Mini-fiction or short, this is the English “short short story” in the translation. It first appeared in the West. Its genre features were not only standardized in words (500-2000), but also interpreted in terms of reading time, such as “one minute novel” and “four minute novel.” By content Explain it, such as “Sudden Fiction” (Suddenly fiction or instantaneous small