Chapter 203 "The 1985 New Wave"
Science fiction?
"Mom, take a look." Xiaojun enthusiastically handed the magazine to his mother.
Ye Yongmei read a section and felt strange.
It seems to be a combination of history and science fiction?
"Mom, I suggest you broadcast this book on the radio station. The effect will definitely be better than the one you read!"
"What nonsense! How can CCTV broadcast science fiction novels? It's ridiculous!" Ye Yongmei scolded road.
"Why not? Our radio station broadcasts storytelling "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", and the teacher said it is not historical at all. Why can't it broadcast science fiction?!"
This.
Ye Yongmei I had no words to say, so I had to act like an elder: "Don't worry about adults' affairs! Study hard!"
"You parents, you will do this if you can't believe it!" The son muttered, but he still walked into his room obediently.
Ye Yongmei shook her head helplessly. Seeing the magazine her son put on the table, she thought to herself, how powerful is this science fiction that has fascinated these children?
So I picked up the magazine again, found the page I just read, and looked at it carefully.
Looking at it, Ye Yongmei also found it interesting.
The writing is so passionate!
The language is also humorous, no wonder these children love to watch it.
Actually, science fiction novels don’t seem to be as bad as others say. If they were published on CCTV, they would still be innovative.
But this thought only flashed through Ye Yongmei's mind.
There are many people who oppose science fiction in society today, and some of them are experts.
Maybe the situation will be better in a few years.
Ye Yongmei put the magazine on the table and picked up the novel "Enter Guandong" to read.
Of course Fang Minghua didn't know that his novel had been picked up by Ye Yongmei. After the two-day holiday on New Year's Day, he came to work on time.
Today is the first day of work in 1985.
1985 was a year of explosive ideas, from literature to art, music, movies, etc. Almost all art types showed novel and brilliant faces, which were later called the "1985 New Wave".
In the literary world, first of all, the rise of "root-seeking literature" quickly replaced "scar literature."
Taking Acheng's "The King of Chess" as a symbol, young writers have created a number of masterpieces such as "Papa", "Little Baozhuang", "Lao Bangzi Tavern", "The Ancient Ship", etc. While demonstrating their achievements, critics have put their fundamental Seek systematic promotion of a broader and more far-reaching vision of "culture".
On the other hand, avant-garde novels have become popular in the literary world and have gradually become the mainstream of literary works. Liu Sola's "You Have No Choice", Ma Yuan's "The Temptation of Gangdise", Mo Yan's "Transparent" "Carrot" came out one after another and became a beautiful scenery in the literary world. Due to the emergence of several stream-of-consciousness novels by Fang Minghua, this wind blew even more fiercely.
The difference is that it is just the beginning of 1985. Acheng's "The King of Chess" has been published in "Shencheng Literature" in December last year, but the symbol of avant-garde novels, Liu Zuola's "You" "No Choice" is still waiting to be written in the boudoir.
But what Fang Minghua didn’t expect was that this novel from a talented girl from the Central Conservatory of Music would be sent to him.
Holding the enamel jar in one hand and the manuscript in the other, Fang Minghua looked at it carefully.
The thick large letter contained the submission, and there was also a brief letter, a personal letter from Liu Zuola.
The letter said that I really like your new stream of consciousness writing methods such as "The Sun Also Rises" and "Roadside Picnic". I also very much agree with modernist novels including stream of consciousness novels. Comments and opinions, I wrote a novel, please see if it works. If it doesn’t work, please send it back, I didn’t leave a manuscript.”
This is “You Have No Choice.” The colorful life pictures of students with different personality types truly record the characteristics of these top students. Before coming to this era, Fang Minghua read this novel online out of curiosity and honestly didn’t see anything worthy of praise. Place.
Isn’t it just the daily life of a group of slightly neurotic music school students?
Those who engage in art are basically not very serious. After reading too many such stories online, I have become accustomed to them.
But in this era, Fang Minghua discovered that this novel was truly pioneering and bold.
College students of this era, the proud ones of heaven, and the future pillars of the country, have their own halo.
If you don’t study hard to revitalize China in the future, you will do some irrelevant things every day:
In the book, Ma Li is busy buying books, numbering them and putting them on the shelves; Menye is full of musical fantasies but is tortured to the point of suffering by his girlfriend, and finally has to marry her during college.
Sensen is extremely talented, but he doesn’t take a shower or wash his clothes. He smashes the keyboard while shouting “fuck hard”.
Outlines an almost absurd world.
Liu Sola used a calm and objective mentality to render a suffocating atmosphere, highlighting the restless emotions of young people, thereby showing the conflict between the traditional education system, traditional values and personality awakening. Profundity and inevitability.
It is indeed a good article.
Therefore, when it comes to literature, you cannot read it without considering the historical background of the time, otherwise you will feel uninterested or incomprehensible.
Fang Minghua read the novel carefully again, put down his teacup and took the manuscript out of the office. He wanted to find Li Tianfang, the leader of the novel team.
Seeing Fang Minghua come in, Li Tianfang greeted with a smile: "Minghua, you drank too much that night, are you okay when you go back?"
"Why are you okay? My mother nagged me after I went back. In the past few days, I haven’t even had a good New Year’s Day.”
Li Tianfang laughed after hearing this: “Who told you that you are the youngest and can drink, but Pingwa and the others are full of fire. It’s better that your girlfriend didn’t say anything about you. Here. ”
"She doesn't know how."
The two chatted for a while, and Fang Minghua took out the manuscript and put it on the table: "Sister Li, this is a novel written by a teacher at the Music Academy. I think you are good. You Take a look."
"Okay, I'll take a look and get back to you after reading it."
"Okay, you're busy, I'll go over there first."
It's afternoon. At that time, Li Tianfang came to Fang Minghua's office with the manuscript.
"Minghua, do you know this author?"
"No." Fang Minghua shook his head. This is the first time he has heard of it. What do you think of the writing? ”
“Very bold, typical avant-garde literature. "Li Tianfang said: "It just doesn't fit in with the style of our "Yanhe". "
Fang Minghua understood what Li Tianfang meant, but did not refute it directly. He pondered for a moment and said: "Sister Li, do you still remember the dialogue between some young writers and some young critics that was jointly held at the Hangzhou Army Sanatorium in early December? Meeting? "
This meeting was later called the "West Lake Meeting" in the literary world, and it played a very important role in the literary history of the 1980s.
The topics at the meeting were mixed, and topics such as traditional culture, literary transformation, and contemporary nature were presented one by one. Participants expressed their opinions. After intense discussions, in the end, the meeting did not reach a consensus or form a resolution, but it "directly or indirectly affected "The progress of literature in the 1980s" has become an "intrinsic link" in "promoting 'root-seeking literature' and 'avant-garde literature'".
At this meeting, "Yanhe" magazine sent Li Tianfang, the editor-in-chief and writer in charge of novels, to attend!
(End of this chapter)