Unbearable Freedom. Does the form of an Article Impose any Limitations?

Magdalena Wierzchowska

An article is a journalistic form that was invented in the early 19th century and remains has remained popular even these day every sinces. Although it is still aliveactively used, the form so far this vigorous form has not been given its never been given a uniform, overall and generally accepted definition. In literature, definitions are replaced with a list of necessary and sufficient features, which a certain text should have meet to concerned be called an article. One of characteristic features of this the form is the fact that it admits allows a significant freedom in shaping of the as far as the contents, style and composition are concerned. The author of an article decides what and how should be said should be written and how. This However, this seemingly unlimited freedom paradoxically enforces certain behaviors by of the author, and whereas the text itself dooms leads to superficiality, unilateral approach, and emotionality. Once this Although the article form was used to be considered as the form of the intellectuals, nowadays it is mainly to entertain, or even amuse used to entertain.

KEYWORDS

feature article (column), journalistic forms, definition