FLASH FICTION AND MODERN ATTENTION CULTURE: A LITERARY RESPONSE TO DIGITAL AGE READING

This article examines flash fiction as a literary form uniquely positioned within the framework of modern attention culture. In an era characterized by digital media saturation, shortened attention spans, and rapid information consumption, flash fiction emerges not merely as a condensed narrative form but as a strategic aesthetic response to contemporary reading practices. Drawing on theories of attention economy, reader-response criticism, and narrative minimalism, the study explores how brevity, fragmentation, and narrative gaps function as adaptive techniques that engage digitally conditioned readers. Rather than representing a decline in literary complexity, flash fiction demonstrates how compression intensifies meaning, heightens reader participation, and reconstructs narrative depth within limited textual space. The article argues that flash fiction reflects the cognitive rhythms of the digital age while simultaneously resisting passive consumption through ambiguity, implication, and open-ended structure. By situating flash fiction within broader cultural and technological shifts, this study positions the genre as both a product of and a critical response to modern attention culture.本文考察了作为一种文学体裁的闪小说（Flash Fiction），其独特地处于现代注意力文化的框架之中。在数字媒体饱和、注意力时长缩减、信息快速消费的时代背景下，闪小说不仅是一种凝练的叙事形式，更是对当代阅读实践做出的策略性美学回应。本研究援引注意力经济（Attention Economy）、读者反应批评与叙事极简主义的相关理论，探讨了简洁凝练、叙事碎片化与留白如何作为适应性创作手法，吸引适应数字环境的读者。闪小说并非意味着文学复杂性的式微，而是展现了在有限的文本空间中，叙事压缩如何强化意蕴、提升读者参与度，并重构叙事深度。本文主张，闪小说既映照了数字时代的认知节律，同时也通过模糊性、言外之意与开放式结构，抵制了被动式的信息消费。本研究将闪小说置于更广泛的文化与技术转型语境中，将这一体裁定位为现代注意力文化的产物，同时也是对其做出的批判性回应。