reportage
From the news reports and documentary prose generation and independent press and a combination of prose genres of literature, but also a time to reflect and comment on literary techniques in real life the true story of the news style. Sketches, features, general term for literary communication. As a range of communication and style between the novel. Its narrative documentary as the main responsibility to report the truth, which called for work in the dominant people and things must be true, with news of; it through the artistic process, to reflect the image of life and full of writer's ideological tendencies and emotional attitude with literary. That is, the three signs: news and literary and political. This style is a product of modern journalism developed, has prevailed in the early 20th century, the Soviet Union and Europe and the United States. China after the May 4th Movement, some of communication, travel and narrative prose has been credited with some characteristics of reportage. But the official reportage advocacy and conscious creation, beginning from the early 30's, and with the left-wing literary movement and the introduction of foreign reportage. The first to publish the works of reportage is the name of the "Shanghai Incident and Reportage" (1932). Later, a "living record" and "China Day" and other albums and "bonded labor" (Xia Yan), "Spring 1936, in Taiyuan" (Song of) other famous article. The late 30s, China was a great development of reportage that has become an important independent literary variety.
What is reportage?
Literary reportage is the means to take time to reflect true story of a news style.
Late 19th century, newspapers landing in China, essays and news product of the combination of reportage started breeding date. After the Opium War, there has been first begun to take shape in the works of reportage, but only to Liang's "coup d'etat in mind" that obviously has the basic characteristics of reportage. Liang, the reportage work together more slowly.
Famous works of reportage, "the report under the gallows", "bonded labor" and so on.
Reportage is a true story based on the shape in the artistic image, in order to reflect the real life of literature and timely means of literature.
Its basic features are: 1. Timely 2. Documentary 3. Literary
Reportage newsletter as often as good at the fastest speed, the exciting life events that occurred just in time to convey to the reader. Reportage reason by the readers, is that it can grasp the pulse of the times, the reality of concern to the masses quickly reflected in the play "literary light cavalry" role.
Reportage can not be as novel as fictional characters, plot, it must be the real story in real life as his subject, photo documentary is an important feature of it.
In general, the reportage to write true story, but not any real story can become the object of reportage description. Reportage to follow the facts, but not worthy of any facts to report them, but to be chosen and refined.
Reportage did not like the news reports, only the outline of events, it must shape the fullness of the characters, to visualize the details are vivid.
Reportage is different from fiction, not to create the main characters, but it is the image of the art requirements are very high. Close-up of natural persons must be introduced to depict characters in stories, even if mainly in order to write something also needs to write one works, if vivid characterization, is bound to greatly enhance the appeal.
Reportage also can absorb the description of novel techniques, theater arts of dialogue, the film's narrative method and a shooting jump measures in poetry.
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