«Хроника» - это термин, который употребляется в several meanings. They denote a certain type of historical writing, a literary genre, and, finally, they call it so special sections of newspapers, magazines or other mass media.
In a word, in the sense of the closest to the above, is the “chronicle”, which largely explains the peculiarities of the style and language of all the writings that can be attributed to chronological.
What are the newspaper chronicles
Chronicle in newspapers, magazines or on televisionOften it turns out to be the most popular genre, since it is this one that allows the reader (or the TV viewer, when it comes to television news) to be aware of what is happening in the world or in a particular region.
Information Chronicle is a list of eventscovering the most diverse areas of human life: politics, science, art, etc. The readers' attention can be given a chronicle of theatrical life, fashion or sport, and the main purpose of such publications is to inform about specific events occurring in a designated time period (during the day , weeks, months, etc.).
It should be noted that, due to the nature of thisthe genre of journalism, creativity in this kind of publications is practically absent. And this is understandable, since artistic fiction in the chronicles is simply impossible, because the material for them is supplied by real events. This, naturally, influences both the style and the language in which these notes are written - most often they turn out to be stereotyped, not admitting possible interpretations and compressed into one to four sentences.
Features of the newspaper chronicles
Chronicle is the most popular genre for newspapernotes, in its form are compiled from short notes, television or radio news, as well as announcements. Recital messages are often introduced into headlines of newspaper materials, which even turn the very page of an informational publication into a kind of loose chronicle recording actual events.
Feature notes related to the chronicle,is that they convey to the reader only the fact itself, without giving it an estimate or inviting reflection. The main thing for such information is to inform what, where and when it happened, is happening or will occur in a short period of time.
Gossip column
Recently, the media has become very populargossip column. This is a special genre of journalism, concerning the life of movie stars, famous actors of cinema, theater or pop, as well as people whose names for the average person are associated with high life.
Earlier in Russia, England or France of similar honoronly persons belonging to a higher society were honored, but now, when the division of society into classes is not so pronounced, any popular person (sometimes even becoming one in the most outrageous way) may turn out to be a gossip hero. Similar sections in journals, and sometimes special editions devoted only to this topic, describe high-society receptions, dinners, and events from the personal lives of showbiz stars or celebrities.
The gossip is a publication featurewhich is focused on sensationalism and expressiveness of presentation, which must necessarily attract the attention of the widest sections of the public. Unfortunately, the information provided in the gossip magazine, because of its constant desire to impress, amaze and surprise, often turns out to be inaccurate, and sometimes simply made-up.
What is the historical chronicle
Historical chronicles are a type of essay that sets out the events in the sequence in which they occurred.
Данный жанр был весьма популярен в средневековой literature and covered, as a rule, the period from the most distant times, going back to the emergence of the world, to the modern days of the author. The story usually did not concern the history of a single people, but the development of the whole universe. Since the monks were the author of such works, church tendencies were always revealed in the presentation.
Some plots from these chronicles laterbecame the basis for literary works. A dramatic example of this can serve as the dramatic chronicles of William Shakespeare, where the great author, almost without departing from the basis of his source, developed the images of the characters and artistically arranged the events.
Chronicle is also a literary genre.
Since then, the chronicle has become not only a historical interpretation of events, but also an independent literary genre, for example, the Chronicle of the Times of Charles IX by Prosper Merimee.
By the way, writers are the main hero of thisworks often make an image of a chronicler — an impartial observer who records what he saw and experienced (FM Dostoevsky often resorted to this technique). And M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin liked to parody the named genre (for example, in “The Story of a City”).
In the 20th century, the chronicle is a genre in which documentary works are written, as well as detailed novels-cycles (for example, Maxim Gorky’s Life of Klim Samgin).
