But with prose fiction, all you have is static symbols on a contrasting background.

但是对于单调的小说来说，你所拥有的只是一些在对比鲜明的背景之上的静止符号。

A short story is a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words.

短篇小说是一篇散文小说，通常在 10,000 字以下。

They constructed a history of Chinese literature around a cognitive model that commenced with mythology and grew to encompass poetry, prose, fiction, and drama.

他们构建了一个以神话学为开端、逐渐涵盖诗歌、散文、小说和戏剧的中国文学史。

Methodical, of course, he was; no long work of prose fiction was ever brought into existence save by methodical labour; but we know that there was no measuring of so many words to the hour.

当然，他是有条不紊的；除非有条不紊的劳动，否则没有长篇散文小说的出现；但我们知道，无法衡量一小时的字数。