Prose refers to a literary genre that is juxtaposed with poetry, drama and novel. It is a free and flexible style that uses narrative, lyric, discussion and other expressions to express feelings.
The form of prose was decided before and after the 19 17 vernacular movement, and the writing rules of prose have existed in China 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.
2. Features:
Form is scattered but spirit is gathered: "Form is scattered" not only refers to a wide range of subjects and diverse writing methods, but also refers to a free and eclectic structure; "Spiritual gathering" refers not only to the central concentration, but also to the clues that run through the whole text. Prose writers and writers are only superficial phenomena. Fundamentally speaking, they write about emotional experiences. Emotional experience is an "inseparable god", and people and things are dispensable, more or less "scattered" "shape".
"Form and dispersion" mainly means that prose is widely used and free, and is not limited by time and space; Expression techniques are not limited to one pattern: it can describe the development of events, describe characters, convey feelings with things, and make comments. The author can freely adjust and change according to the needs of the content.
"Distraction" mainly comes from the intention of prose, that is, the theme to be expressed in prose must be clear and concentrated, no matter how extensive the content of prose is and how flexible the expression is, it serves to better express the theme.
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The selection of prose materials can be described as "a mess" by chapters. Even if the scattered ideas are broad and the packaging capacity is large, the prose will closely focus on the author's intention and will not be "deviant". Qin Mu said that the most important thing in writing prose is "ideological red line". It is to use a striking and profound idea to write through a lot of seemingly scattered materials.
Association plays an important role in psychological activities. Memory often appears in the form of association, and association is also helpful to the reasoning process of inference. Especially in the creation of prose and other literary styles, association has the function of enhancing the artistic charm of works. The inspiration of the essayist seems accidental, but it is inevitable and wonderful, which comes from long-term accumulation. The thicker the accumulation, the more sensitive it is.
Prose is the fuse, this and that is the fuse. For what we are experiencing at present, finding the side meaning is both a trigger and an association. Deep accumulation helps to deepen the trigger. In order to turn "poetic soul" into poetry, association and imagination must also play a role.
To melt, abstract and reorganize many old experiences, the wings of imagination and association cannot fly without a certain accumulation of life.
Objective things are always interrelated, and different things are reflected in the author's mind, forming various associations-things close in space or time form close associations; Similar associations formed by things with similar characteristics; Contrasting things form contrasting associations (such as thinking of darkness from light); Things that have a causal relationship form causal associations.
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