The Types of chronic Are: the chronicle information, interpretative, opinion, impressionist and expressionist, black, judicial, sport, taurine, travel, political social, exhaustive, brushstroke, casual national and foreign.
The chronicle is the historical review of events and current events framed within the scenario in which events unfolded.
The term was used for the first time in the year 1,274, in the work titled"First Chronicle of the General"of King Alonso X of Castile. Due to its versatility, this narrative tool has been used both in the historical field, as well as in the literary and journalistic fields.
At present this type of composition is characterized by giving prominence to the chronological order in the events occur, using the opinions and interpretations given by the writer as links to link the facts.
The chronicle is written with a simple and colloquial language that sometimes exaggerates in the use of adjectives to describe the environment and its emotivity.
In order to develop this type of narrative tool, the chronicler usually witnesses events or uses primary sources of information to document the facts that are described in the text.
There are no structures governed for this style of narration, however in most of the chronicles it is possible to distinguish at least four parts:
- Title and Title . Used to draw the attention of the reader, it is usually a combination of the news event with the additive of some element of interpretation by the writer. It serves as an open mouth to show the reader the approach with which the subject is approached.
- Presentation or Entry . It follows the title and does not contain any assertion. Its purpose is to awaken in the reader questions and questions, using as a hook some curious information, anecdote or exaggerated appreciation of the event that motivates the chronicle.
- Body . It is the development of the chronicle, presents the events through the timeline and intertwines with the views of the author. The good chronicler is able to balance in the text the information with the opinion, guarding the good use of the language to avoid distorting the events.
- conclusion . It is the idea that synthesizes everything in the text. The location of this component varies according to the chronicler, although it is often arranged as the last paragraph in the article or presented in the title.
How are the different types of chronicle classified?
Chronic types are then grouped and described using five classification criteria.
According to the Intentionality of the Chronicler
Information Chronicle
It reports events focusing on exposing only specific facts and when they occurred, without issuing opinions or interpretations of the author.
Interpretive Chronicle
It presents events accompanied by ideas and opinions suggested by the author who bases their conclusions through the development of theories, parallelism with similar historical events or philosophical dissertations.
Chronicle of Opinion
This type of composition focuses on the chronicler's opinion on a relevant event, without the need for his ideas to be sustained in a formal and objective manner.
According to the Chronicle Approach:
Impressionist Chronicle
In order to awaken the reader's senses, this type of chronicle describes in detail the environment, atmosphere and context in which events occur, and then present the facts objectively. The author does not allow for the issuance of value judgments.
Chronicle Expressionist
It is characterized by raising the events seen through the personal perspective of the author, does not seek to represent absolute truth, only exposes the interpretation of events that have been analyzed and reinterpreted by the chronicler.
According to the Contents of the Chronicle:
Black Chronicle
It is related to event information. It enjoys great acceptance among readers and is often classified as sensationalist by the severe and direct way in which events occur.
Judicial Chronicle
It analyzes the legal implications of events related to the perpetration of crimes. It is a specialized chronicle since it requires the knowledge of legal language to be able to make assessments of the facts without hindering the development of justice.
Sports Chronic
It approaches the sports theme in a way similar to an epic, where they detail the adventures that the competitors must cross before reaching the triumph, it tries to keep the reader in suspense before presenting the results that may already be known.
Chronicle Taurine
It seeks to describe the controversial bullfighting art, to convey the uncertainty of the attack, the details of the fight, the heroism of the bullfighter and the euphoria of the public.
Travel Chronicle
It tells the experiences of intrepid travelers when visiting dream destinations. On occasion it presents with subtle recommendations for accommodation, gastronomic tasting and places of recreation and recreation.
Social Chronicle
It evaluates issues related to people in general, ranging from issues ranging from parades and celebrations, to highlighting complex issues that highlight the difficult circumstances faced by some social groups and the indifferent of the rulers to these events.
Chronicle Politics
Due to the complexity and dynamism of the political scene, it has a structure by episodes, similar to a novel, where only fragments of a story that is known to be unfinished are analyzed.
According to the Way of Exhibiting Information:
Exhaustive
Presents and validates with scientific rigor all available information on a particular event. In depth investigate the event by looking at all approaches available, with the aim of bringing the reader to the truth.
From Pincelada
It exposes the event superficially since it considers only an approach to the fact, explaining it widely in this perspective.
Careless
In a transgressive way and using sarcasms and ironies describes an event under the private view of the chronicler, leaves aside the balance between information and opinion that characterizes the conventional chronicle.
According to the Geographic Space to which it refers:
Local Chronicle
It tells the events of everyday life in a specific place. According to Luis Malsillash"the important thing of a good local chronicler is that he interprets the facts with a universal meaning".
National Chronicle
It presents and analyzes the economic, social and political events that affect a particular country, highlighting any similarities with the contemporary history of the nation and shows that the past is always a good point of reference for understanding the present of a region.
Chronicle of the Abroad
It describes the particular situation that a country is going through, presented from the impartial and impartial gaze of a correspondent who is immersed in a reality that is not entirely familiar to him.
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