Chapter 644 643 A city of Nanjing, half of the history of the Republic of China
The three writers He Shen, Tan Ge, and Guan Renshan are called the "troika" of the literary world in Hebei Province. Their works pay more attention to real life, deeply reflect people's livelihood and public opinion, and have profound social significance and humanistic care.
It happened to be this wave of realist works that made them famous in the literary world!
All three of them are here today.
Seeing He Shen's speech, Fang Minghua smiled and said: "President He (He Shen was the president of the "Chengde Daily" newspaper at the time.), I was about to talk about this issue."
"Although there seems to be only one word difference between new reality novels and new realistic novels, and they both seem to be written about the present and the present, there is a big difference between the two."
1. Different expression contents:
New Realistic Novels: Downplay the historical background of the character’s survival, focus on the helpless and embarrassing life of the small people, and take the living conditions of the low-level people and the daily lives of ordinary people as the main objects of the novel’s realism
New Realistic Novels: Major issues related to the nation, country, and society, as well as practical issues related to the hardships of individual survival, are often used as jointly presented narrative content. It is based on the current ups and downs of social life, such as the difficulties of state-owned enterprises, the hardships of laid-off workers, conflicts between township cadres and the masses, the urgent need to improve rural education, anti-corruption, and contemporary science and technology to strengthen the military, etc.
2. The narrative posture and mentality of the creative subject are different:
New realistic novels: adopt a "zero-emotion" narrative attitude and a hidden narrative perspective, and no longer praise or criticize the "reality" written from a preset standpoint, and try to be objective, calm, and unemotional as much as possible.
Neorealist novels: Inheriting the characteristics of traditional realism’s strong focus on reality, the author pours uncontrollable moral passion and value judgment into the novel text, and even speaks from characters in contemporary works from time to time. .
Different expression techniques:
New realistic novels: emphasize the authenticity and credibility of plots and characters, but plots and themes are not bound by traditional morals and values, pay attention to detailed description, and encourage diversity Neorealist novels: using traditional realist expression techniques, such as rendering of typical environments and characterization of typical characters, with less reference and appropriation of modernist techniques
Fang Minghua kept talking, and everyone listened carefully, especially He Shen and the other three, who listened very carefully and kept taking notes.
Fang Minghua spoke for a full hour and finally said: "New reality novels, in a sense, are a return in the history of domestic literature from traditional realism to avant-gardism, postmodernism and other literary types. It is not considered innovative from the perspective of literary theory, but I think the current society needs novels like this!"
"PaPaPaPa" The venue burst into warm applause.
Today’s meeting ended and Zhao Benfu found Fang Minghua.
"Chairman Fang, can you sort out your speech today and publish it in our "Zhongshan" in the form of a literary review?"
"I originally planned to publish it in "Yanhe". Since Editor Zhao has spoken, that's fine!"
The meeting ended after three days and everyone returned. Wang Anyi returned to Shanghai to continue her work. of writing.
“This seminar also touched me a lot. The article I am writing now may use what I said this time. I have to digest it well when I go back. Minghua, Yu Hua, What about you, when will you come back?”
“Sister An Yi, Minghua and I have made an appointment to take a look around Nanjing while we don’t have any writing tasks.” Yu Hua said with a smile.
“That’s right, there are many places to visit in Nanjing, half of the history of the Republic of China.” Wang Anyi said with a smile.
"I won't talk about Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and Confucius Temple. I suggest you go for a walk on Wutong Avenue to feel the atmosphere of this city."
The next day, Fang Minghua and Yu Hua went shopping together with great interest.
It is said that there are several Wutong Avenues in Nanjing. Fang Minghua visited the section of Zhongshan East Road from Xinjiekou to Zhongshanmen.
The two of them walked on the road with their hands in their pockets.
It is already early winter, and the sycamore branches and leaves on both sides of the street are no longer so dense, but the orange leaves give the entire road a unique and profound temperament of the ancient city.
There are many buildings from the Republic of China on both sides, including the former Nanjing Branch of the Bank of Communications, the former Central News Agency building, and the former Huangpu Alumni Association Inspirational Club site
Walking through these buildings is like going back to the Republic of China era.
The former site of the Kuomintang Central Party History Materials Exhibition Hall is now renamed the Second Historical Archives of China. Entering the antique archway gate, the theme song "Destiny" from the TV series "Scent of Osmanthus in August" can be heard
The fate of this world is like a dream, which has been ups and downs several times but always uneven
Now it has become nothing but smoke
Love has become empty, just like waving hands with the wind behind the sleeves
A faint wisp of fragrance
Floating in a deep old dream is sung by Taiwanese singer Luo Wen.
Fang Minghua couldn't help but stop and listen for a while as the singing sounded vicissitudes of life and he felt the flowers blooming and falling.
It is said that this was the exclusive BGM of Sun Liren, the famous anti-Japanese general at this time, but Fang Minghua really didn't understand the relationship between the two.
But the song is really nice.
Seeing Fang Minghua stop, Yu Hua also stood for a while.
“This seems to be sung by a Xiangjiang singer.”
“My name is Luo Wen.”
"Oh, I don't know much about pop music. I like listening to classical music." Yu Hua said.
Fang Minghua glanced at him and said nothing.
I’m not just showing off.
Later, Yu Hua also wrote a collection of essays called "Literature or Music". The first half mainly explains literary works and reviews the writer's style, while the second half focuses on analyzing Western classical music and musicians!
However, it was obvious that Yu Hua’s mind was not on the plane trees or the buildings of the Republic of China today. He was still thinking about yesterday’s seminar.
"Minghua, I went back to my hometown this summer, and when I was chatting with my father, he told a story."
"What story?" Fang Minghua was a little curious.
"My dad is a surgeon. He once encountered a group of people, led by the "blood head", who traveled thousands of miles to come to us to sell blood."
Yu Hua told the story To tell you briefly, I was inspired by this story and wanted to write a long story.
"The Story of Xu Sanguan Selling Blood"!
Fang Minghua understood immediately.
This is also one of Yu Hua's masterpieces. Fang Minghua feels that it is more shocking than "Alive".
But Fang Minghua didn't say much, just asked casually.
“Where are the people your dad was talking about coming from?”
“Yu Province.”
Yu Province!
This was the hardest hit area for blood selling in the 1990s.
"Yu Hua, I think your creative idea is good, but I think that if you want to write well, it is best for you to go to Henan Province and see the real situation there. It may help your writing." Fang Minghua suggested.
“Is this necessary?”
“I think it is necessary.”
Seeing Fang Minghua's meaningful tone, Yu Hua nodded: "Well, after I leave Nanjing, I will go to Henan Province first."
Three days later, the two of them left Nanjing at the same time.
(End of this chapter)