The Briefly site (brief contents of literary works posted on the Internet) is very popular at the present time with users and, unfortunately, very often replaces reading the original text to a modern audience. On the other hand, this project has many supporters who note the convenience of this form of acquaintance with the book with minimal time. This article discusses both the advantages and disadvantages of the project of A. Skrypnik, who founded a portal dedicated to the compressed characterization of works.
pros
Today’s youth is very popular site "Briefley". Brief contents of art books today are in increasing demand by the readership. Therefore, the undoubted advantages of the Skrypnik project include the fact that reading the synopsis often helps the reader to decide on the choice of literature. A cursory and superficial acquaintance with a particular work allows people to figure out what they want to read and what not. Perhaps no one wants to spend their precious time on a work that may not be liked, and even more so spent on the purchase of printed materials.
Therefore, to get an idea of the books allow the page "Briefs". Brief contents of both small and voluminous novels, short stories, short stories, presented on the site, also have the undoubted advantage that they reflect the main compositional elements of works that help to concentrate on the idea, theme, idea of the author. Such a preliminary acquaintance later will help to focus on the main aspects of the book.
disadvantages
At the same time, one cannot ignore the negative consequences of the abuse by pupils and students of the content of the Briefly website. Brief contents of the works, unfortunately, often almost completely replace modern schoolchildren reading fiction. The presence of a small concise retelling saves them from a direct acquaintance with the original. Even worse is the fact that it justifies itself, because in literature classes due to time constraints, the teacher usually asks only the most necessary things about a work, which just contain concise retelling, differing in schematic, dry presentation of the text.
Although they contain everything that is necessary for a preliminary acquaintance with the work, nevertheless they are clearly not enough for the reader to completely immerse himself in the world of the writer. This site is intended to become familiar with literature, but is not intended to replace reading fiction. Of course, nothing can be compared with reading the source material, which is often interesting, not so much with the plot as with the linguistic, stylistic and, of course, ideological points of view.
Place in modern literature
The Briefley website is very useful for modern readers. The summary of stories, novels, poems, thanks to the indicated pluses, has already become an integral part of the Internet. Each user these days somehow or other refers to this project, where he can find a retelling of any book. This helps to save time and understand the main content of a literary work. And although many rightly point out that such a way of familiarizing oneself with literature spoils the taste of the classical language and the love of prose and poetry in readers, nevertheless, most users will express themselves in favor of this resource.
Value
In the end, it should be noted that based on the needs of the audience, the Briefley website was founded. The summary of books as a preliminary form of acquaintance with fiction has a right to exist. Moreover, such a literary form, in principle, has always existed. Before the development of the Internet, published and published books at the beginning housed a synopsis in which the publisher in several sentences told the reader about the composition of the work, its idea and features. At present, the Briefley project is developing rapidly, which, however, is explained by the requests of the reading public. It would be hoped that such a scale would not harm fiction, but, on the contrary, would arouse interest in books.