Crónica (literary Genre)
''Crónica'' is a literary genre that combines journalistic reporting with a literary flair. ''Crónica'' has evolved over centuries, beginning with the early European visitors to the New World. It is unique to and widely used throughout Latin America#Language, Spanish Latin America. In the 21st century most of the prominent Latin American writers have used this style. Description Defining ''crónica'' is difficult and contentious, as the genre is flexible, malleable, and mutating. It can be short or long; and, it can be poetry. There are certain broad guidelines that identify and help recognize the genre. The genre has three core attributes: the stories are true, they read as fiction and are socially progressive. ''Crónica'' crosses the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction, a gray area between literature and journalism; its Long-form journalism, long form has been called a non-fiction novel. It is a narrative journalism written in a literary style with first hand testimony, ...
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Literary Genre
A literary genre is a category of literature. Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or length (especially for fiction). They generally move from more abstract, encompassing classes, which are then further sub-divided into more concrete distinctions. The distinctions between genres and categories are flexible and loosely defined, and even the rules designating genres change over time and are fairly unstable. Genres can all be in the form of prose or poetry. Additionally, a genre such as satire, allegory or pastoral might appear in any of the above, not only as a subgenre (see below), but as a mixture of genres. Finally, they are defined by the general cultural movement of the historical period in which they were composed. History of genres Aristotle The concept of genre began in the works of Aristotle, who applied biological concepts to the classification of literary genres, or, as he called them, "species" (eidē). These classifications are mainl ...
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