In modern conditions, the genre of writing has almost lost its relevance. The rhythm of life accelerated, people had no time to pore over paper, writing messages to each other. It is much faster and easier to come to visit or just briefly talk about your affairs on social networks.
The relevance of writing today
And yet, in spite of everything, the epistolary connection is still alive, but continues to exist in a somewhat simplified form, having lost its artistic value. Some still continue to use this method of communication. This may be due to old age, when a person ceases to be flexible and receptive to the new and it is much easier for him to do everything the old fashioned way.
In another case, it may be a kind of antique stylized and romanticized communication between lovers. It is also not always and not always possible to write SMS or chat on social networks (the computer does not work, the Internet is not connected, etc.), so there is nothing left to do but go to the store for an envelope.
Epistolary connection. What does it mean? The essence of the concept, the history of occurrence
Even in antiquity there was a culture of literary writing. It is known that literate and beautiful written language was then taught specifically in the appropriate educational institutions. Written speech was regarded as an object of the epistolary genre and was a real craft. But what does the word "epistolary" mean? Since this art originated in ancient Greece, the term has a corresponding origin: translated from Greek "epistolum" means "letter".
In general, the genre, as part of verbal art, was built on the
laws of rhetoric and obeyed its stylistic norms. For example, according to such rules, letters were divided by topic for all occasions, and for each of them there was a certain outline, a plan of presentation, whether it was a friendly message, ironic writing, eulogy, and much more. It was in Ancient Greece that the most ordinary everyday correspondence was turned into a real work of art. Basically, the epistolary connection was used in the journalistic genre, as well as in the philosophical messages of the ancient Greek sages to each other. Often, due to the difficulty of writing such texts, people turned to scribes for help - people with the necessary skills and talent in the field of the epistolary genre.
Business letters were created by government officials of the imperial office.
Writing as a way of communication in the modern world
A feature of the modern epistolary genre is its extreme simplification and artistic minimalism. Writing in our time is primarily a part of colloquial speech, designed accordingly.
Epistolary communication can have business features, have a journalistic character, or take the form of a friendly conversation. The main task of the letter is to transmit to the addressee this or that information. If the speech is unofficial, it usually also carries a certain emotional connotation that characterizes the mood of the author at the moment.
Epistolary Communication in the Literature
To date, there are quite a few copyright works built specifically on this genre. A striking example of this is nineteenth-century literature. It is interesting that in a purely artistic context, an epistolary connection is (in other words, an epistol) nothing more than a literary work in the form of a message, a letter. This genre was especially popular among poets. For example, the well-known work of A. S. Pushkin "Eugene Onegin", namely Tatyana’s letter, is precisely that epistle.
The characteristic features of an artistic message in the form of a letter include a confidential style of presentation in the form of a dialogue or a monologue with the obligatory indication of the addressee. An important element of such speech is the combination of colloquial and literary language, which gives the text a personal-romantic character. It was this style of conversation that was popular at the time. The speech was florid, complex, piled with various epithets and metaphors, which, in fact, was reflected in the literary works of the Pushkin era.