You can often hear people say the adverb “prosaic”. And this does not apply to the genres of literary creation - poetry and prose. We will analyze the dialect today, find out what it means, and most importantly, we realize that everyday existence is not so bad.
Value
Naturally, in order to answer the question about the dialect, it is best to look into the explanatory dictionary and find out the meaning of a related adjective. An irreplaceable book tells us that he has the following meaning: “Everyday, limited to petty everyday interests.”
The content of the adjective (and adverbs) will be revealed in full force when synonyms are considered. As you can see, the question of what “prosaic” means is not so interesting than why prose fell into such disfavor as compared to poetry. But first, synonyms.
Analogs
As a rule, a person already has some kind of lexical baggage when he wants to know the meaning of a word. The analogy method is also effective when it comes to the assimilation of new adjectives, adverbs, verbs and nouns, so without hesitation we will see what replacements there are to the object of study. Here is the list:
- everyday;
- not interested;
- mundane;
- down to earth.
We hope that it is now clear how this is prosaic, because there is nothing complicated in the matter when there is a dictionary at hand.
Why did prose fall out of favor?
This is a difficult question. On the one hand, prose, like poetry, is a type of literary practice, literary art, and on the other hand, prose has always been on the sidelines in comparison with poetry. For example, it would never occur to anyone to talk about themselves: “I am a prose writer!” But, as we know from practice, every guy at the age of seventeen considers himself a poet, just rhyming words. Where does this passion come from?
It has long been known that poets are people of a chosen circle, exalted and deeply spiritual. Nobody wants to be ordinary, and almost manic passion for versification arises. Then, of course, the attention of these young men is occupied by more pressing problems, and they, as adults, either nostalgically remember their poems, or chuckle at them, but only a few become professional authors.
There is no rhyme or verse size in prose. The word came to us from French, and it entered the Baudelaire language through Latin, which means "free speech". The full expression is: Prosa oratio. Then only the first word was left of him.
Reality, even if it resists and turns to the poet with its ugly side, is ennobled in his work. For example, remember military poems and military prose, they are different. The latter is much more realistic. Sometimes prose is also necessary for those phenomena that cannot be described in poetry because of the limited genre. In prose, you can write "it was raining," "there was a chair." In poetry it is also possible, but poetry is still something more sublime. It is possible that the reason is precisely the presence of limitations in poetry (rhyme, size, rhythm). Although, of course, the twentieth century in art has changed a lot, but language does not always have time to keep up with changes. And besides, poetry wins prose in terms of elevation, one way or another. The linguistic tradition is unfair: prose is given all boring, uninteresting, everyday, and poetry - sublime, delightful, bewitching.
When a person mentions that his work is boring, he says the following: "Yes, there is no poetry, creativity in it." You might think that prosaic creativity does not exist in nature. Discrimination goes so far as to be heard: "Yes, this is a very poetic novel." That is, a poetic syllable is a measure of literature in general. Prose - this is not what you need, even when it comes to, sorry for the tautology, prose.
Prosaic existence is not always bad
Now you can easily and naturally answer the question: “A prosaic person - who is this?” The reader, and without our help, will formulate something like this: "This is a man who is closed within the limits of everyday, domestic interests and concerns." Anything can be learned from this lapidary definition. Moreover, it cannot be said that such people have no spiritual needs. Perhaps there is, but they do not go beyond what is generally accepted. In other words, such a person lives prosaically - it means boring, uninteresting. In his life there is no place for impulse, invention, fantasy, poetry!
But to protect the layman and ordinary citizen, let’s say: prosaic existence is not so bad. Recall, for example, the remarkable work of Victor Nekrasov, "In the Trenches of Stalingrad." In it, the main character, lying in a soldier's dugout, thinks about how ephemeral is actually ordinary. Previously, he was cursing with a baker about bread, he wanted some costumes, ties, and certainly to the theater on weekends, but now he has enough that there are hot noodles in a pot and a dugout. And the hero thinks, is it possible that after the war that very daily routine that was before will be possible? It seems incredible to him.
Therefore, everyday life is not always evil, sometimes it, on the contrary, is something that a person aspires with all his soul.