Travelog as a genre form of a travel screen: perspective methods and means of art expression

Abstract

In the article travelogue, the demand for which in the audiovisual space of the XXI century is growing rapidly, is considered as a genre form of a television travel screen. The material for the comparative historical analysis was the releases of the popular programs «Dilettante’s travelling» («New dilettante’s travelling»), «Travelling with Zhigamont», «I want to see it!», as well as scripts of the broadcasts of the Belarusian Television Studio «Spadchyna» by Uladzimir Karatkevich (middle 1970s – middle 1980s), «Streets and squares tell» (middle 1960s – middle 1970s), «The wind of wanderings» (1966–1994), BBC travelogues. The features of the lexical portrait of the lyrical hero of the Belarusian travelogue are defined – a non-expert, intellectual and intellectual from the audience who tries not to convince the audience, but to communicate and reason with them. The methods and means of artistic expression that have historically developed in the Belarusian travelogue are highlighted, in particular the lexical portrait of the audience, the psychology of the characters, the motives of syncretism, publicity (the theme of preserving historical and cultural values and the native language), dialectisms and jargon, generalized pronouns of the first and second person, direct appeals to the audience, subjective and evaluative expressions, rhetorical questions. The necessity of using these tools to create unique domestic formats for international distribution is substantiated. Identified topics (environmental issues), as well as techniques (intertextuality and artistic symbolism), method of journalistic investigation, which require more careful use in travelogues.