Chapter 231 Su Tong’s Enlightenment
At this time, Su Tong had returned to the guest house. He was sitting on the bedside with the notes he took in the afternoon and looked at them carefully. Some of what Fang Minghua said needed to be pondered over and over again. Slowly Slow digestion.
“Little boy, what are you looking at?” Editor Zhou, who was sitting on the bed opposite and washing his feet, asked curiously.
“I went to Northwest University this afternoon and happened to meet Minghua, the deputy editor-in-chief of Yanhe magazine, who was giving a lecture to the students of Xijing College of Literature. I went in and listened for a while. The lecture was about avant-garde literature. I felt Very shocking!" Su Tong replied.
“Oh, let me see?”
Editor Zhou took the notebook handed over by Su Tong and started reading it.
He returned it to the other party within a few minutes of looking at it.
"What are avant-garde literature and existentialism? They are just piled up with a lot of new terms to deceive you college students who have just left school. How to write a novel? That's the Mao Dun Literary Award and the winning works of outstanding short and medium novels over the years. Example! Abroad, Soviet literature is a model!”
“He is making a fool of himself!” Editor Zhou’s tone was a little sarcastic.
Su Tong opened his mouth, but nothing came out.
In the past few months in the editorial department, he had a vague feeling that not only Editor Zhou, but also the editor-in-chief also had this attitude towards several popular novels in the literary world this year.
How can this be done?
Times are moving forward. Look at the "Yanhe" magazine, which has always been known for its tradition and conservatism, and is striving for change. "Zhongshan", an open-minded magazine located on the southeast coast, is still so stubborn?
Will there be any problems if this continues?
Hey.
In fact, just as Su Tong was worried, "Zhongshan" magazine gradually fell behind in this wave of avant-garde literature starting in 1985. It was not until the end of the 1980s that "Zhongshan" magazine woke up and caught up, creating content for contemporary literature. The last hot spot - New Realism - was introduced, and a group of new writers such as Liu Zhenyun, Fang Fang and Chi Li were introduced, and they began to squeeze into the first square of periodicals and magazines again.
Of course, for the now young Su Tong, what he considers is not these, but his own writing.
It was late at night, and Su Tong was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. He thought about what Fang Minghua said during the day: "The writer explores the inner world and delicately depicts dreams and mysterious and abstract momentary worlds. His techniques extensively use suggestion. Metaphor, symbol, association, imagery, synaesthesia and perceptualization are used to explore the inner mysteries of the characters and the flow of consciousness."
He was thinking quietly, and then thought of the hometown where he once lived and his boyhood. .
A narrow old southern street, a green mulberry garden, a group of southern teenagers in their adolescence, some young lives moldy and rotting in the humid air, a group of twisted souls wandering on the bluestone road... …
Slowly, bits and pieces of real boyhood, which seemed to be unrelated stories, were actually well expressed using the writing skills Fang Minghua talked about.
Su Tong's eyes widened, looking at the window that revealed a little light in the darkness, and a story slowly formed in his mind.
It’s dawn.
Editor Zhou had already dressed and got up, but Su Tong lay motionless in bed.
He felt tired but excited.
A novel formed in his mind.
This is a story about the first love of a boy and a girl. It happened near the Mulberry Garden. Let's call it "Memories of the Mulberry Garden".
Su Tong thought.
Fang Minghua didn’t know that Su Tong, whom he met by chance yesterday, had already completed his first real novel "Memorial in the Mulberry Garden" in an unknown small hotel in the same city, and since then laid the foundation for his unique "Toon" "Tree Street" novel series.
The next morning I rode my bicycle to work as usual. Not long after I stayed in the office, I received a call from President Huang.
"Xiao Fang, come to my office now. I have something to ask you."
"Okay."
Fang Minghua hung up the phone, went to President Huang's office on the third floor, and knocked on the door. There was a middle-aged man sitting inside.
Oh, old acquaintance.
Fang Minghua recognized it at a glance.
"Guangming Daily" reporter Li Wei!
I once interviewed him twice at the Yanjing Award Ceremony for Outstanding Short and Medium Stories. "Xiao Fang, let me introduce to you. This is Comrade Li Wei, the head of the reporter station of Guangming Daily in Qin Province. This is Comrade Fang Minghua."
"President Huang, You don't need to introduce me, we have known each other for a long time." Fang Minghua took the initiative to extend his right hand and said: "Director Li, you were still interviewing in Yanjing in March, and now you are transferred to Xijing?"
"Yes. You were transferred last month. Come here, Editor Fang, I interviewed you in Yanjing in March and now in Xijing. Are we destined to be together?”
"Yes, it is fate."
After saying that, both of them laughed.
After a few brief greetings, we got to the point.
"Editor Fang, I am very interested in the content of your lecture in the West Auditorium yesterday afternoon. I would like to publish it in the literary theory column of our newspaper and seek your opinion."
"I I have no objection, but this book has been handed over to the "Qin Province People's Publishing House" for publication, and I still need to contact them. "
"Don't worry, I will contact them. Our newspaper cannot publish the full text. You can compress it and take the essence. Keep the word count at about 5,000 words."
Of course Fang Minghua has no objection to publishing it earlier. .
Not to mention the very authoritative "Guangming Daily"?
Soon, an article titled "Contemporary Avant-garde Literary Thoughts and Future Prospects (Simplified Version)" appeared in Guangming Daily.
This is the first time that the contemporary literary world has systematically Elaborating on the characteristics, writing techniques and development trends of avant-garde literature, it immediately caused a huge wave in the literary and theoretical circles
"Pioneering literature is not about reproducing life or imitating life, but about the writer's self-expression, using artistic imagination to create objectivity, and reproducing the objectivity to express the subject."
"Nonlinear narrative, multiple narratives, stream of consciousness and other techniques are more Show the storyline and the inner world of the characters in a complex and innovative way."
"Focus on the use of language, pursue the artistry and expressiveness of language, and use new language styles, new vocabulary and grammatical rules to be more concise and vivid and expressive."
These bold arguments undoubtedly subvert the traditional literary models inherent in the minds of readers and writers and impact people's thinking.
Yanjing, the family building of the Central Conservatory of Music.
Liu Sola hasn't gone to school for a while.
It’s not that I don’t want to go, but I don’t dare to go.
The reason is the article "You have no choice" published in "People's Literature"
The publication of this novel caused a shock in the literary world, but it also caused endless trouble to her. .
"Is this a novel? You should call this a joke!"
"Does your novel have a protagonist? I only see a group of crazy students."
"There is no framework of events, no past, no future, only the flowing present and the current psychological flow. This is still complete. "Novel?"
Faced with various accusations, Liu Sola once defended himself, but his defense was feeble.
Who wants to listen to a little-known music teacher?
What’s more, Liu Sola is also exploring this writing technique itself.
right? Still wrong?
Now she is in deep self-doubt.
But today, seeing this article published in Guangming Daily is like taking a reassurance.
This is correct.
Minghua said so.
"Guangming Daily" published this.
(End of this chapter)