A vignette is a French loanword for a short, descriptive piece of writing that captures a brief period of time. A vignette is more concerned with vivid imagery and meaning than with plot, and while it can stand alone, it more often appears as part of a larger narrative, such as a vignette found within a novel or a collection of short stories.
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Costumbrismo, Movements Costumbrismo's core unit is the cuadro de costumbres, a short prose sketch of a type or custom.
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1. Vignette (literature) - Wikipedia
Etymology
a French loanword
In Group: Flash and Very Short Fiction, Lead paragraph
a short and descriptive piece of writing that captures a brief period in time
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