Prose, a brilliant finger of literature; Two-finger Jewish writing; Three-finger style name. With the development of the times, the concept of prose has changed from broad to narrow, and it has been influenced by western culture.
Prose is a narrative literary genre, which expresses the author's true feelings and flexible writing style. The word "prose" probably appeared in the period of Taiping and Xingguo in the Northern Song Dynasty (65438+February 976-165438+9841October).
According to Ci Hai, since the Six Dynasties, in order to distinguish between verse and parallel prose, all prose articles (including historical classics) that don't rhyme or rearrange pairs are collectively called "prose". Then it refers to all literary genres except poetry.