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    Prose

    Prose is a form of written language


    (including written speech or dialogue) that
    follows the natural flow of speech, uses a
    language's ordinary grammatical
    structures, or follows typical writing
    conventions and formatting (thus including
    academic writing). It differs from
    traditional poetry, where the format
    consists of verse: writing in lines that
    follow rhythmic metre or a rhyme scheme.
    The word "prose" first appears in English in
    the 14th century. It is derived from the Old
    French prose, which in turn originates in the
    Latin expression prosa oratio (literally,
    straightforward or direct speech).[1]

    Works of philosophy, history, economics,


    etc., journalism, and most fiction (an
    exception is the verse novel), are examples
    of works written in prose. Developments in
    twentieth century literature, including free
    verse, concrete poetry, and prose poetry,
    have led to the idea of poetry and prose as
    two ends on a spectrum rather than firmly
    distinct from each other. The British poet
    T. S. Eliot noted, whereas "the distinction
    between verse and prose is clear, the
    distinction between poetry and prose is
    obscure."[2]

    History

    Latin was a major influence on the


    development of prose in many European
    countries. Especially important was the
    great Roman orator Cicero (106–43 BC).[3]
    It was the lingua franca among literate
    Europeans until quite recent times, and the
    great works of Descartes (1596–1650),
    Francis Bacon (1561–1626), and Baruch
    Spinoza (1632–1677) were published in
    Latin. Among the last important books
    written primarily in Latin prose were the
    works of Swedenborg (d. 1772), Linnaeus
    (d. 1778), Euler (d. 1783), Gauss (d. 1855),
    and Isaac Newton (d. 1727).

    Latin's role was replaced by French from


    the 17th- to the mid-20th century, i.e. until
    the uptake of English:

    For about three hundred years French


    prose was the form in which the
    European intelligence shaped and
    communicated its thoughts about
    history, diplomacy, definition, criticism,
    human relationships — everything except
    metaphysics. It is arguable that the non-
    existence of a clear, concrete German
    prose has been one of the chief
    disasters to European civilisation.[4]

    Qualities

    Prose usually lacks the more formal


    metrical structure of the verses found in
    traditional poetry. It comprises full
    grammatical sentences (other than in
    stream of consciousness narrative), and
    paragraphs, whereas poetry often involves
    a metrical or rhyming scheme. Some
    works of prose make use of rhythm and
    verbal music. Verse is normally more
    systematic or formulaic, while prose is
    closer to both ordinary, and conversational
    speech.

    In Molière's play Le Bourgeois gentilhomme


    the character Monsieur Jourdain asked for
    something to be written in neither verse
    nor prose, to which a philosophy master
    replies: "there is no other way to express
    oneself than with prose or verse", for the
    simple reason that "everything that is not
    prose is verse, and everything that is not
    verse is prose".[5]

    American novelist Truman Capote, in an


    interview, commented as follows on prose
    style:
    I believe a story can be wrecked
    by a faulty rhythm in a sentence
    — especially if it occurs toward
    the end—or a mistake in
    paragraphing, even
    punctuation. Henry James is the
    maestro of the semicolon.
    Hemingway is a first-rate
    paragrapher. From the point of
    view of ear, Virginia Woolf
    never wrote a bad sentence. I
    don't mean to imply that I
    successfully practice what I
    preach. I try, that's all.[6]
    Types

    Many types of prose exist, which include


    those used in works of nonfiction, prose
    poem,[7] alliterative prose and prose
    fiction.

    A prose poem – is a composition in


    prose that has some of the qualities of a
    poem.[8]
    Haikai prose – combines haiku and
    prose.
    Prosimetrum – is a poetic composition
    which exploits a combination of prose
    and verse (metrum);[9] in particular, it is a
    text composed in alternating segments
    of prose and verse.[10] It is widely found
    in Western and Eastern literature.[10]
    Purple prose – is prose that is so
    extravagant, ornate, or flowery as to
    break the flow and draw excessive
    attention to itself.[11]

    Divisions

    Prose is divided into two main divisions:

    Fiction
    Non fiction

    References

    1. "prose (n.)" (http://www.etymonline.com/in


    dex.php?term=prose&allowed_in_frame=
    0) . Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved
    19 January 2015.
    2. Eliot, T. S. Poetry & Prose: The Chapbook,
    Poetry Bookshop London, 1921.
    3. "Literature", Encyclopaedia Britannica.
    online
    4. Clark, Kenneth (1969). Civilisation: A
    Personal View. London: BBC and John
    Murray. p. 220. OCLC 879537495 (https://w
    ww.worldcat.org/oclc/879537495) – via
    repetition in the TV series of the same
    name.
    5. "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" (http://www.g
    utenberg.org/files/2992/2992-h/2992-h.ht
    m) . English translation accessible via
    Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
    6. Hill, Pati. "Truman Capote, The Art of
    Fiction No. 17" (http://www.theparisreview.
    org/interviews/4867/the-art-of-fiction-no-1
    7-truman-capote) . The Paris Review.
    Spring-Summer 1957 (16). Retrieved
    18 February 2015.
    7. Lehman, David (2008). Great American
    Prose Poems (https://books.google.com/b
    ooks?id=RzunYckU4woC) . Simon and
    Schuster. ISBN 978-1439105115.
    8. "Prose poem" (http://www.merriam-webste
    r.com/dictionary/prose%20poem) .
    Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
    9. Braund, Susanna. "Prosimetrum (http://ww
    w.paulyonline.brill.nl/entries/brill-s-new-pa
    uly/prosimetrum-e1010870) ". In Cancil,
    Hubert, and Helmuth Schneider, eds. Brill's
    New Pauly. Brill Online, 2012. Retrieved 2
    October 2015.
    10. Brogan, T.V.F. "Prosimetrum". In Green et al.,
    pp. 1115–1116.
    11. "A Word a Day – purple prose" (http://www.
    wordsmith.org/words/purple_prose.html) .
    Wordsmith.org. Retrieved 26 December
    2014.

    Further reading

    Gosse, Edmund William (1911). "Prose"


    (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_En
    cyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Prose) .
    Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22
    (11th ed.). pp. 450–455.
    Patterson, William Morrison, Rhythm of
    Prose (https://archive.org/stream/rhyth
    mofproseexp00pattiala/rhythmofprosee
    xp00pattiala_djvu.txt) , Columbia
    University Press, 1917.
    Kuiper, Kathleen (2011). Prose: Literary
    Terms and Concepts (https://books.goo
    gle.com/books?id=Fjvh69UihCMC) . The
    Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 978-
    1615304943. 244 pages.
    Shklovsky, Viktor (1991). Theory of
    Prose (https://books.google.com/book
    s?id=CI31iJEmuYoC) . Dalkey Archive
    Press. ISBN 0916583643. 216 pages.

    External links

    Prose examples in Look up


    prose in
    Literature (http://literary
    Wiktionary,
    devices.net/prose) the free
    dictionary.
    Portal: Literature

    Prose at Wikipedia's sister projects: Media


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