Chapter 309 "Talking with Confucian Confucians"
"Just now, Editor Li and others have repeatedly mentioned the trend of avant-garde novel writing that is currently popular in the literary world. Let me digress on this issue. I have written several articles about it. As a theoretical article on avant-garde novels, I think I still have some say in this."
No one objected.
In the past few years, Fang Minghua has successively published theoretical articles such as "The Past, Present and Domestic Development History of Stream of Consciousness Novels" and "The Advantages and Limitations of Western Modern Literature". He also published a special book "Contemporary Literature" Trends of Thought and Future Prospects" a monograph on literary theory. He has become a rising star in the field of domestic literary theory, especially in the study of avant-garde literature including stream of consciousness.
It’s just that Fang Minghua is very low-key in the literary theory circle. Others only know that he is the winner of the Mao Dun Literature Award and the editor-in-chief of a large domestic magazine, but ignore his identity.
But how could anyone here forget?
"Editor Fang, what you say, we are all ears." Li Tuo said with a smile.
Fang Minghua smiled slightly: "I have already talked about the advantages and disadvantages of avant-garde novels in great detail in my paper. You all already know it, so I won't go into details. What I want to say is: Is it true in today's literary world? , can there be no other writing techniques besides avant-garde novel writing? Is traditional realism writing really outdated? "
"We admire and admire the great contemporary Colombian writer Garcia Marque very much? His famous "One Hundred Years of Solitude" was created using magical realism techniques, but please don't forget that his new work a few years ago: "Love in the Time of Cholera" was created using purely classical traditional realism techniques. "< br>
"What does this mean? Fundamentally speaking, any technique can produce high-level works or low-level works. The problem is not what method is used to create, but how the writer overcomes thoughts and The mediocrity of art! Now let’s take the book "The Ordinary World" written by Comrade Lu Yao. Editor Wang just said that Lu Yao studied under Liu Qing. This novel is comparable to "History of Entrepreneurship", but I think it is different from other foreign books. Compared to a novel.”
"Which one?"
"The Quiet Don" written by the Soviet writer Sholokhov."
"The Quiet Don"? That is a work that won the Nobel Prize for Literature!
The conference room suddenly became commotion, and everyone couldn't help but whisper. Li Tuo couldn't help interrupting Fang Minghua with a hint of ridicule.
"Editor Fang, although Comrade Lu Yao and you are both writers in Qin Province, and I heard that we have a good relationship in private, we don't praise you so much, right?"
"Editor Li, can you let me finish?" Fang Minghua frowned slightly.
Li Tuo showed an apologetic expression. He also felt that he was a little too excited today.
When the conference room became quiet, Fang Minghua continued: "What I want to point out here is that "The Ordinary World" has not reached the level of "Quiet Don". To be honest, Lu Yao There is still a certain gap between Comrade's novel and the latter. "
"But please note that one of the key points Sholokhov worked hard to deal with in the writing of this epic is also the complexity of history, but it is the history of the Soviet Civil War. , Sholokhov's "Quiet Don" is far better than the Soviet period Similar works are much higher and have a higher lofty position, which is the vision of a writer and historian!"
"Similarly, Comrade Lu Yao's unique efforts in "In the Ordinary World" are his! Writing pays attention to the overall historical situation and the complexity of historical development. This is the point. I think this is a very good novel. "Comrade Lu Yao's "Ordinary World" does have some shortcomings as everyone said. I think a very important issue is the signature in the specific writing process. The sentence is indeed a bit long-winded.
“For example, this paragraph:” Fang Minghua opened the magazine and read the above paragraph:
“He and she, through this doll, realized that they were completely integrated. When they love their children together and look at each other, the inexhaustible and warm flow of emotion will flow through their hearts. Shaoan remembers when he was very young, when he was still young. Mother is wearing such a patchwork dress, as simple and profound as the earth! Thinking about it makes people feel warm and sad. "
" I can't say that such lyricism is unreal. If readers have had similar feelings, it may not be difficult to resonate with such words. But just state the "what feelings" and add a few descriptions. The lyrics are often not very good. "
"Please listen to "Blessing" written by Mr. Lu Xun. The ending is as follows: I was awakened by the loud sound of firecrackers nearby and saw beans. The big yellow light, and then the crackling of firecrackers, was the "blessing" at my uncle's house. I knew it was almost five o'clock in the morning, and I vaguely heard the explosion in the distance. The continuous sound of bamboo seems to form a dense cloud of sound throughout the day, sandwiched with flying snowflakes, embracing the whole town. I feel lazy and comfortable in this noisy embrace, and I feel doubtful from day to night. , all the blessing air was swept away, and I only felt that the saints in heaven and earth had enjoyed the wine and cigarettes, and they were all staggering drunkenly in the air, preparing to bring infinite happiness to the people of Lu Town."
"The reader is not Mrs. Xianglin, nor the protagonist "I", but when reading it, one will feel a tingling sensation all over the body. The drunken gods cannot see the suffering in the world, and the "infinite happiness" is formed by the cold reality. Great contrast. When such a contrast is written in a sentence, the article has great "tension". This tension tears the reader and makes people look away from the page and still think about it for a long time. This is Characteristics of excellent literary works!"
Fang Minghua was talking eloquently in the conference room. The participants listened carefully. There were two old men outside the window.
One is Tang Yin, the dean of Lu Academy, and the other is Zhou Airuo, the vice dean.
Of course they knew what meeting was being held in the classroom, and out of curiosity, they quietly came outside the classroom to listen.
Both of them were in their early sixties. Tang Yin wore glasses and said to Zhou Airuo next to him: "Old Zhou, is he Fang Minghua?"
"Yes, that's him. He has just been hired as the editor-in-chief of Yanhe magazine. He can be said to be the youngest editor-in-chief in the country and has a bright future." Zhou Airuo replied in a low voice.
Tang Yin nodded, "Yeah, I didn't expect that he writes well and his eloquence is also very good."
"I heard that he is often invited to universities to give lectures to students. Lanzhou University, Xiamen University, Sichuan University, and the most popular one is Northwest University. Hey, Lao Tang, how about we also invite him to give lectures in the advanced training class of Lu Academy?"
"If you want to give a lecture, let's give it a lecture. During the semester, one or two classes are boring, but the schedule for this semester is already full. When the new advanced class starts next year, how about we contact him in advance?" Tang Yin said.
“That’s what I mean too.”
Fang Minghua naturally didn't know that the two old men outside the window were already eyeing him and arranging his work for next year. He spoke for more than half an hour before stopping, and there was silence in the conference room.
(End of this chapter)