THE OBITUARY – SUBSPECIES OF THE PORTRAIT: BETWEEN SADNESS AND EULOGY
Victoria BULICANU Universitatea de Stat din Moldova
Abstract
The obituary is considered to be a subspecies of the portrait within opinion journalism, which, unfortunately, today is given less attention by the press. Moreover, in recent years, many journalists have moved it from the sub- species of opinion journalism to the informative one, due to the pressure of time, in order to produce an exhaustive and fast material, and this fact often means lack of respect for many of the prominent personalities of the country’s most diverse fields of development, who happen to be remembered far too briefly than they should be in the news bulletins of the country’s television stations. The article below aims to carry out a brief review of the characteristics of a subspecies, which was considered a sign of the journalism guild’s gratitude towards the achievements of the outstanding personalities of the country, who have passed away, by writing and presenting a text – eulogy to those who have marked the development areas of the country. At the same time, we intend through this material to signal the fact that through a succinct and superficial approach to the achievements of the country’s personalities in obituary materials, the press contributes to the formation of a defective attitude of the young generation towards everything that means history, contribution, work, sacrifice and destiny.
Keywords: obituary, portrait, news, opinion journalism, personality, contribution, post-mortem, coverage, nar- rative, biography.
