Invective - this pejorative speech, addressed to a specific person

Invective - is, in modern terms, black PR. And the term came from ancient times, and modern expression embodies an action aimed at worsening the image of a certain object.

Synonyms

Ancient Roman expression of invectiva oratio and translated from Latin as "abusive speech." People denounced each other since the beginning of verbal communication. Therefore, the term has many synonyms. Invective - a pamphlet, lampoon, philippic, diatribe and menippe satire. These synonyms also came from ancient times, when it was possible to break a person's career, and even life, publicly calling him a scoundrel. Over the years, people who deserve angry speeches, as they say, the skin became thicker. To break through it, the speeches of the accusers became more picturesque and frank. And in our time, some people argue that the invective - is an area, obscene language or even filth. In a word, an invective vocabulary, or accusations expressed publicly. What words can you call this action? Suit and attack, and attacks, and "assaults". There is an exquisite name of square battle - verbal (verbal) attack. That is, there are plenty of similar concepts.

The function is natural and necessary, like the language itself

In some articles, it is pointed out that the invective function of the language is natural, and that the person who owns speech has the same right to it as to communication, to receiving and transmitting information. That is, a person has mastered the ability to speak, communicate, learn and teach and at the same time learned to praise and insult someone. But it should be noted that in the literary version it was initially implied that invective - it's still not an area war, but a kind of pamphlet. They must be at least witty. Satire, causing laughter, is a terrible weapon, more effective than public insults. A pamphlet is a literary genre, and the invective as its variety is also such. The difference between them is that the artistic and journalistic work called the pamphlet is of a political nature, since it is almost always directed against the system or some of its sides, and the invective, as a rule, is a phenomenon of a private order. What kind of genre does it belong to, what other genres are there in literature?

Similar genres of literature

From school textbooks it is known that there is a historically stable division of all kinds of literary works, and it is called genus. Three main types: epic, lyric and drama - are divided into genres. There are also lyric-epic genres, such as, for example, a novel in verse. The invective, like the epigram, refers to the lyrics. It also includes the ode and madrigal. That is, praise, and blasphemy, these different in the semantic direction genres, refer to one kind of literature. And, as noted above, the invective is not alone in it. Skalds, for example, had blasphemous verses, which were called nida. Filippika, too, is an angry diatribe that got its name from Demosthenes, who angrily denounced the Macedonian king Philip II. The name became a household name. Diatribe is also an accusatory speech, combining seriousness and mockery. Menippean satire, which is a kind of diatribe, is a kind of assortment, consisting of philosophical reasoning and parody. Lampoon (the closest thing to black PR) is generally something that is not obtrusive, not disdainful of caricatured distortions, distortions, slander and malicious attacks. Here are some genres in literature, other than invective, close to it in spirit and form. But these genres and their varieties are rooted in antiquity. Not now are some absolutely correct, but very expressive statements of VV Zhirinovsky by the philippics and diatribes. These genres are somewhat forgotten, like the invective, examples of which, however, can be easily cited.

Vivid examples

The most familiar to the inhabitants of the CIS countries is the poem of the genius M. Lermontov "To the death of the poet". In it, Mikhail Yurievich, referring to a higher society, where everyone knew each other and clearly represented who he was talking about, called the assassins of A.S. Pushkin mocking ignoramuses, confidants of debauchery, cowardly descendants "a certain meanness of illustrious fathers." A brilliant work abounds with invective. K. Simonov has a poem-invective, addressed to the wife of the officer who died the day before. It is full of just, deserved this woman insults. At school there was a poem "To the Tempter" KF Ryleev, one of the five hanged Decembrists, turned to the all-powerful Arakcheev at the time. Literature knows a lot of harsh statements against specific individuals.

An intriguing name

It can be added that the term denoting rudeness is very euphonious. Maybe that's why the Moscow musical team called itself that way. "Invective" is a group formed in 2006. The album "Zodiac" appeared in the public domain in 2008. Now they are leaders of the informal scene and gaining popularity. The achievements include the soundtrack to the film "Nirvana", thanks to which Invektiva got to the Ramp Festival in 2008. The group consists of 5 people. They consider their work to be an alternative rock, but they consider it foolish to drive themselves into style frames.