What is the difference between an idyllic and a short story? Also, would a setting or location, in a particular part of the story, express it as an idyllic? I know of one idyllic I have read that was Dostoevsky's "White Nights." Could you name some examples for my to go by? I want to form my project into an idyllic, more so than a short story.
A 'idyll' is a narrative poem; a short story is just what it says it is. There is a massive difference between the two. Here are a few examples: Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Idylls of the King William Wordsworth - The Solitary Reaper Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Hermann and Dorothea John Greenleaf Whittier - Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl
'idyll' (from Greek eidyllion , little picture) is a short, pastoral poem or a prose piece depicting a rural or pastoral scene... 'idyllic' is an adjective, not a noun, that means 'charmingly simple, or rustic' and 'pertaining to an idyll'... so, to call a piece of writing 'an idyllic' makes no sense really...
OK, my piece is somewhat similar to an idyll. Except, it is set in a different country and the beach. I would love to consider this project as one, but if I have to it will be a short story instead. Either way, I will have fun completing the project.
