"Chronicle" is a term that is used in several senses. They designate a certain variety of historical works, a literary genre, and, finally, so-called special sections of newspapers, magazines or other media.
The word closest to the meaning of the name is “chronicle”, which largely explains the features of the style and language of all works, which can be attributed to chronological.
What newspaper chronicles tell
Chronicle in newspapers, magazines or on television is often the most popular genre, as it allows the reader (or viewer, when it comes to television news) to keep abreast of what is happening in the world or in a particular region.
An informational chronicle is a list of events covering the most diverse areas of human life: politics, science, art, etc. The readers can be given a chronicle of theater life, fashion or sports, and the main purpose of such publications is to inform about specific events taking place in designated time period (during the day, week, month, etc.).
It should be noted that, due to the peculiarities of this genre of journalism, there is practically no creative beginning in this form of publications. And this is understandable, since fiction in the chronicles is simply impossible, because the material for them is delivered by real events. Naturally, this influences both the style and the language with which these notes are written - most often they turn out to be screen-printed, not allowing for possible interpretations, and compressed to one or four sentences.
Features of the newspaper chronicle
The Chronicle is the most popular genre for newspaper notes, in its form compilations of short notes, television or radio news, and announcements are written. The headings of newspaper materials often contain ascertaining messages, which even turn the page of an information publication into a kind of loose chronicle recording current events.
A feature of the notes related to the chronicle is that they convey to the reader only the fact itself, without giving him an assessment and without inviting him to think. The main thing for such information is to inform what, where and when happened, is happening or will happen in a short period of time.
Gossip column
Recently, secular news has become very popular in the media. This is a special genre of journalism regarding the life of movie stars, famous film, theater or pop artists, as well as people whose names for the average person are associated with social life.
Earlier in Russia, England or France, only persons belonging to high society were awarded such an honor, now that the division of society into classes is not so pronounced, any popular person (sometimes even becoming one in the most outrageous way) can be the hero of a secular chronicle. Similar sections in magazines, and sometimes special publications devoted only to the named topic, describe grand receptions, dinners and events from the personal life of show business stars or celebrities.
Secular chronicle is publications, the peculiarity of which is the focus on sensationalism and expressiveness of presentation, which should necessarily attract the attention of the widest sections of the public. Unfortunately, the information provided in the secular chronicle, because of its constant desire to impress, amaze and surprise, often turns out to be inaccurate, and sometimes just made up.
What is a historical chronicle
Historical chronicles are a type of essay outlining events in the sequence in which they occurred.
This genre was very popular in medieval literature and covered, as a rule, the period from the most distant times, dating back to the emergence of the world, to modern days for the author. The story usually did not concern the history of a single nation, but the development of the entire universe. Since monks were the author of such works, church tendencies were always found in the presentation.
Some plots from these chronicles later became the basis for literary works. A dramatic example of this is the dramatic chronicles of William Shakespeare, where the great author, practically without departing from the basis of his source, developed the images of heroes and artistically arranged events.
