Prose in a broad sense refers to all literary prose except poetry, novels and dramas. In addition to discussing lyric prose, it also includes communication, reportage, essays, memoirs, biographies and other styles. With the development of writing discipline, many styles stand on their own feet, and the scope of prose is shrinking day by day.
Prose in a narrow sense refers to literary prose, which is a kind of literary style mainly based on narration or lyric, with extensive materials, flexible brushwork, short length and rich love for literature. Ordinary prose includes narrative prose, lyric prose and argumentative prose.
Accurately speaking, the form of prose was set before and after the 19 17 vernacular movement, and China has written prose regularly since ancient times. When the concept of "prose" first appeared in the Republic of China, it was relative to "verse". Nowadays, however, the concept of prose is relative to poetry, novel and drama.
It can be said that within the scope of literature, except for the other three styles, all others are prose. Specifically: essays, essays, essays, comments, miscellaneous feelings, reportage and so on.
* * * Qu Qiubai, the leader and writer of the early production party, called Lu Xun's essays "feuilleton", which means "essays" in English. Therefore, essays can also be included in the category of prose. In addition, letters, diaries, speeches, biographies and so on. It also belongs to prose in a broad sense.
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It is characterized by expressing the author's views and feelings and revealing its social significance through the description of some fragments or life events in real life. It can be processed and created on the basis of real people and events.
It doesn't necessarily have complete stories and characters, but focuses on expressing the author's feelings about life, with flexible selection of materials and strong lyricism. The "I" in prose is usually the author himself; Language is not limited by rhythm and has various forms of expression. Narration, discussion, lyricism and description can be integrated or focused.
According to the needs of content and theme, we can create a certain artistic conception by vividly depicting typical details such as life fragments, psychology, environment and atmosphere. Such as in novels, and use artistic techniques, such as symbols in poetry.
Prose has many forms, such as essays, short comments, sketches, close-ups, travel notes, newsletters, letters, diaries, memoirs and so on. In a word, prose is short in length, free in form, widely used, flexible in writing and beautiful in language, which can reflect life more quickly.
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