Chapter 736 The argument between two people from Fujian Province
Of course, Fang Minghua would not point out on the spot that the 20 novels provided after the preliminary evaluation of the reading class were not comprehensive enough, so he took out the list of 111 novels and looked at them carefully. stand up.
Fortunately, these novels are all included in this list.
In the next half month, the 23 members of the jury will read these 20 novels and at the same time express their own opinions for full discussion.
Although it seems that there is a tight time limit to read 20 novels in 15 days, in fact, most of the members present have already read these novels. Now they only need to focus on reading and listen to other committee members’ opinions on a certain book.
Today we will discuss the novel "Emperor Yongzheng".
"Emperor Yongzheng" is a series of historical novels written by the writer Yue Erhe. It is the second part of the "Luoxia Trilogy". The novel is divided into three parts, namely "Yongzheng Emperor" "Emperor·Nine Kings Seize Heir", "Emperor Yongzheng·Diao Bow Sirius", "Emperor Yongzheng·Hate the Water and Die East".
The speaker now is Zheng Bonong, deputy editor of "Literary Theory and Criticism".
Zheng Bonong is almost 60 years old this year. He is a senior official in Fujian. His Mandarin has a strong accent from his hometown. If you don’t listen carefully, you can’t understand clearly.
“Comrades, read carefully the book "Emperor Yongzheng". I think it is an excellent historical novel. Its advantages are mainly concentrated in the following points."
Zheng Bonong was wearing reading glasses and holding a notebook and read: "First, the writing method is unique. The writing method of this book is somewhat similar to "A Dream of Red Mansions", that is, it not only relies on the vividness of themes, characters, plot structure, etc., but also relies on a large number of dense and dense plots. The description of the details of daily life."
"Second, combining the pursuit of pure literature with the techniques of popular literature is also an important feature of "Emperor Yongzheng"."
"Three, based on The narration of historical facts allows the description of power struggles to expand the breadth and depth of historical novel creation, instead of "flattening the depth of historical culture and entertainment functions that flatten the depth of history and culture" caused by overly catering to the public's reading interests.
Zheng Bonong’s speech lasted for ten minutes before it ended, and everyone in the conference room began to discuss in low voices.
“Minghua, what do you think of this book? "Radar, who was sitting next to Fang Minghua, asked in a low voice.
"I think Editor Zheng's statement is very reasonable." Fang Minghua did not hide his views.
“This novel not only allows people to see the complicated historical events and historical struggles in the grand historical picture, but also allows people to feel the fresh and simple historical customs in the gentle and delicate genre paintings. The character creation is also quite good.”
“Yes, indeed.” Radar nodded and said:
“The members of the reading class read "Yongzheng" from a lot of books. "Emperor", I thought it was just an ordinary popular book at first, and almost threw it aside. Later, I accidentally flipped through it and found that it was a rare and quite weighty novel, so I rescued it. Hey, you said, Will this book finally win an award? "
Of course it is too early to say, but it is okay to discuss it in private with good relations. Fang Minghua was about to speak when he suddenly heard someone say: "I just heard from Zheng The editor’s statement, let me tell you that I have different opinions on this novel.”
Why is he another one who sounds laborious when speaking?
Fang Minghua took a look and found out that he was from Fujian Province again!
Zeng Zhennan, a native of Zhangpu, Fujian Province, is the deputy editor-in-chief of "Literary Review" of the Institute of Literature, Academy of Social Sciences.
Huh?
Two people from Fujian Province are competing in the ring!
The venue suddenly became quiet.
"Editor Zheng just talked about the advantages of this novel, and I agree with it, but!" At this point, Zeng Zhennan paused and looked around to emphasize his tone. "This novel also has its shortcomings, some of which I think are fatal! According to the academically recognized principles for handling historical facts in historical novels: the plots of famous historical events are generally not suitable for fiction, and the basic appearances of important historical figures are generally not suitable for fiction."
“But this novel is a self-righteous adaptation of the death of Yongzheng! The death of Yongzheng has always been one of the mysterious cases in the Qing Dynasty. According to the people and recorded in history books, there are only two types: normal stabbed by death and hatred; but the author of this novel made his own statement: committing suicide by drinking a knife, which is seriously contrary to the facts and is the biggest failure of this novel! It is also a blasphemy against the creation of historical novels!”
"In addition, there are many such failures in the novel, that is, obvious historical errors that appear simply because the author shook his history book bag to show that he is knowledgeable." For example, in Chapter 52 of the novel: "The tall bird has exhausted all its good bows and is ready to hide, the scholar is wise enough to protect his whole body", there is this passage:
Fang Minghua was stunned when he saw the other party's eloquent speech.
Holy shit!
Fortunately, I have never written a historical novel. In this era without the Internet, there is not so much information for you to check. If I write it, I will probably be scolded by these people.
However, people did read this novel seriously, and why did the author Er Erhe handle the death of Yongzheng in such a unique way?
Obviously thankless
Zeng Zhennan's speech was approved by most of the participants, and Fang Minghua sighed inwardly.
It is not unreasonable that this book was not selected in the final selection.
Suspended
But the novel is indeed well written, and once the adaptation rights are bought and made into a TV series by Shengshi Film and Television, it will become very popular.
Wait until this business trip is over and contact the author Er Erhe, Fang Minghua thought.
Comments on "White Gate Willow" are relatively unified.
The author started writing this book in 1981 and it took 16 years until the fourth volume was published in 1998. The author also wrote from the age of 35 to 51!
This time I am participating in the review of the first and second parts. The work is soaked in the charm and style of Eastern culture, with elegant style, vivid characters, dignified and exquisite writing style. It is a typical literati historical novel.
At the meeting, Yong Wenhua, deputy director of the Creative Research Department of the Chinese Writers Association, joked with Fang Minghua: "Minghua, the Best Novel Award for the first World Chinese Literature Award sponsored by the Qin Provincial Writers Association was awarded to this " "Bai Men Liu", it seems that you have a discerning eye. I guess you will definitely vote for him this time!"
Fang Minghua laughed: "Director Yong, you are wrong, I was only in the reading class at that time! Members, the final selection is made by the members of the jury. It should be said that the members of the jury are discerning, I can’t talk about it.”
"Oh, what do you think of this novel?"
"It's pretty good." Fang Minghua replied.
"How does it compare with the "Emperor Yongzheng"?"
"Each has its own merits. As for the advantages and disadvantages of each, everyone has just said it, and I agree."< br>
Seeing Fang Minghua laughing and laughing, Yong Wenhua didn't ask any more questions.
During dinner in the evening, Leda and Fang Minghua got together. Leda smiled and asked: "Minghua, are you a little partial to "Emperor Yongzheng"?"
"Yes." Fang Minghua did not hide his feelings this time point of view.
(End of this chapter)