Profession – a journalist, calling – an artist: genre dynamics on the border of journalism and artistic prose about war

Abstract

The processes of interaction in the genres of the documentary and fiction, which is created using journalistic strategies, as well as professional journalists are determined. Examples are given from resonant and famous prose in the genres of modernised chronicle, belletrised memoirs, autobiographical prose following the traces of large-scale historical events, «tape» prose in the genre of voices.

Author Biography

Liudmila D. Sinkova, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

doctor of science (philology), full professor; professor at the department of history of Belarusian literature, faculty of philology.

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Published
2020-11-05
Keywords: journalism, prose, fact, document, fiction, genre, creative strategy, contamination, polylogue
How to Cite
Sinkova, L. D. (2020). Profession – a journalist, calling – an artist: genre dynamics on the border of journalism and artistic prose about war. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Journalism, 2, 13-18. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/journalism/article/view/3138