Many winged phrases were invented by people to display the feelings of the inner world and their experiences. Entire dictionaries were created for these needs, and the classics of Russian literature were able to reproduce hundreds of well-known expressions. One of them is worth a closer look. The expression "crisis of the genre" has recently become very popular.
Where does it all start?
Many writers, poets, thinkers who strive to move humanity forward generate and publish new ideas. Due to this, our civilization is flourishing. But, among other things, these ideas need to be stated in the correct form, for which the authors need to constantly engage in self-development.
All this provokes new thoughts and ideas. Someone has been creating from an early age, like Stephen King, who wrote his first story in childhood. Even then, he understood how he wanted to earn a living. Or Pushkin, who wrote poetry at the Lyceum. Some revealed themselves in later years, like Viktor Tsoi, who began to create only in his youth, well, or Sergei Bodrov. Someone began to translate their ideas and talents into life in adulthood. All these people are united by the presence of ideas that they promoted in life.
Why exactly them?
Why is it that particular category of people that was described above that is special? These geniuses have brought to the world culture a lot of new, previously unprecedented. They created their own genre or dominated in another. They were tuned for them, their styles were trying to copy. Some of these great personalities have remained unique, and they are willingly using the template of another, creating now mediocrity. But even such people have had crises. What is the reason for this?
Who did not touch the crisis of the genre?
There are people who are called generators of ideas. Such was the Russian classic Leo Tolstoy, who wrote more than ninety volumes of his works. As a nobleman, he became a teacher, philosopher and writer. Stephen King, who turned the horror genre into his testing ground, was also such a person. Not only among writers, but also among musicians there are similar instances. One of these was Richard Wagner, who brought German classical music to a new level.
Causes of the crisis of the genre
You can create in any field. And someone can do it without stopping. But there are people whose ideas are over. They have nothing more to say, they are not able to give the world anything new. This is a crisis of the genre in the narrow sense. Such creative stagnation is divided into two types: temporary and permanent.
The temporary crisis of the genre is conditionally associated with some kind of trouble, problems in the life of the creator. He cannot create due to the fact that he fell into depression, he was absorbed in addiction, a physical ailment or what prevents to create. Everyone probably had such periods.
The constant crisis of the genre is due to the fact that the genre itself may already be irrelevant. Few people, for example, will watch the comedies of Charlie Chaplin in the 21st century, in the digital age, when there are many more interesting things. The genre is hopelessly outdated and went to rest. Sometimes classics known in their genre also stop. At the same time, they may even have ideas, but not as bright as before.
What to do to overcome the crisis?
We figured out what the genre crisis means. But how to deal with it? There are a number of options that can help during total apathy and lack of ideas. Let's consider in more detail:
- Good vacation. The cause of the crisis of the genre may be overwork of the body, excessive stress. Psychologists and doctors advise you to allocate days of rest from time to time, during which you can do exclusively your favorite thing. Read a book, take a walk alone, get enough sleep. Here, the range of interests depends only on the person himself. But do not tire the brain.
- Communication. Special attention is paid to relationships with other people. It is very important to have several comrades who are able to support at a difficult time, or one loved one. If a person loves and knows how to communicate, then time spent with friends will benefit him. Moreover, discharging the brain and exchanging opinions can bring new ideas to the author’s head.
- Physical exercise. Our body is designed so that it has many rules, at first glance not entirely logical, but triggered every time. Exactly to such a law is the effect of physical exercises. After heavy mental stress, it is very good to change occupation for a while. It will invigorate the brain, and maybe even during the training some new ideas will come to mind
- A change of scenery. A new atmosphere is able to bring a new view of the world into consciousness. That is why hiking or traveling is a very good way. But it is not necessary to act so radically, it is enough to do ordinary things in an unusual environment (within reasonable limits, of course).
conclusions
So what is this, a crisis of the genre? This is a condition when a person has no ideas for creation. Although the problem is quite common and serious, you should not be afraid of it. You just need to put yourself in order or change the scope of activity. Then the crisis will be over.