What is prose and what are its characteristics?

Prose (prose; Prose is a literary genre, also known as poetry, novel and drama. Refers to blank prose, including essays, essays, travel notes, etc. Is the freest style, without rhyme and parallelism, without any constraints and restrictions. It is also the earliest style of writing in China. Usually, an article has one or more central ideas and is expressed by lyric, narrative and logical methods.

Prose features: 1, which refers to a literary genre with writing as its creation and aesthetic object. It is a genre form in literature. 2, the shape is scattered but the spirit is not scattered, short and beautiful. Vivid and interesting. Its history can be traced back to Oracle Bone Inscriptions. It is a literary genre juxtaposed with poetry, drama, novel and ci fu. Including political essays, historical essays, biographies, travel notes, letters, diaries, scripts, essays, tables, prefaces and other essays. It is a literary genre model of language art and has high aesthetic value. In the process of long-term circulation, it is mixed with water.

Prose is mainly divided into narrative prose, lyric prose, philosophical prose and argumentative prose.