Chapter 198 If you don’t like it, who are you?
"I have a question..."
Chen Guokai raised his hand and asked: "Teacher Fang, how should we explore the culture of eastern Guangdong?"
" Eight words, take the essence and remove the dross."
"Eight more words, criticize and inherit, use the past for the present."
Dialect made an "eight" gesture, "Before that, we must understand clearly what are the unique cultures of our nation and region."
"Cantonese Opera."
"Not only! There are also Cantonese Opera , Cantonese music, Nanyin, Cantonese, Cantonese cuisine, and, and."
"There are also dragon boats, lion dances, flower drum opera..."
One word after another came from the mouths of Kong Jiesheng and others. Jump out.
"What you just mentioned can actually be divided into folk arts, music, language, food, folk customs, and dance."
Fang Yan said with a smile: "However, architecture, medicine, fine arts, and martial arts were also ignored."
“Martial arts?!”
Everyone looked at each other, surprised and suspicious.
“These days, I have also done some research in Shekou.”
Fang Yan said: "As the saying goes, south boxing and north leg, there are many types of boxing in eastern Guangdong. In addition to the five famous boxings of Hongjia boxing, Liujia boxing, Caijia boxing, Lijia boxing and Mojia boxing, there is also Cai Lifo boxing." , Tiger and Crane Double Shape Boxing, Buddhist Boxing, Xia Family Boxing..."
Kong Jiesheng raised his hand, "But Teacher Fang, if you put this If these are written into the novel, wouldn’t it become a martial arts novel?”
“Martial arts and martial arts are two different definitions.”
“Although there is only one word difference, the meanings are different. Big difference."
"The key lies in the word 'xia'."
"Those who understand martial arts are not necessarily chivalrous. Only those who understand martial arts and can rely on martial arts to perform chivalry and justice can be the true martial arts."
"Like the familiar "Peng Gongan" and "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses" "" and "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness" both contain elements of martial arts and chivalry. They are both classic martial arts novels and classic public case novels. "
Dialect spoke eloquently.
“But whether it is public case novels or martial arts novels, they are all popular literature. We are pure literary writers, how can we write these?”
“Yes, that’s right, in martial arts novels They are all about killing and promoting violence, which cannot be compared with pure literature.”
"Our pure literature is like this. Martial arts novels only need to be about killing and flying around, but writers of pure literature have many things to consider."
"..."
< br>The whole classroom exploded, everyone was excited.
Either it is against martial arts novels, or it is against martial arts elements.
“So students, what is pure literature?”
Fang Yan clapped his hands and asked.
In an instant, the noisy classroom fell silent.
“Can anyone answer me, what is pure literature?”
Fang Yan glanced around.
“Let, let literature return to literature itself.”
Seeing that no one answered, Kong Jiesheng stood up.
“This is just a slogan, not a definition.”
Fang Yan turned to Fan Hansheng and Lin Xianzhi to ask questions.
“Yes, ‘let literature return to literature itself’ is just a slogan, and the literary world has not given any theoretical basis.”
Fan Hansheng nodded in response.
"Thank you, Editor-in-Chief Fan, for your answer."
Fang Yan showed a playful smile.
"Pure literature" is actually a vain thing.
There are neither concepts nor theories, nor any works to refer to. It was just a slogan to get rid of literature serving politics, but there was no way to directly say "literature has nothing to do with politics", so I could only say it euphemistically. Said, "Let literature return to literature itself."
As a result, the Sutra was distorted and used against popular literature by a small group of writers who like to flaunt their identity.
In the 21st century, it was used against commercial literature.
In fact, pure literature is a basket, and anything can be put into it. Romance novels can be pure literature, military novels can be pure literature, but when it comes to martial arts novels, what can’t be done?
As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar and discussed a lot.
"Teacher Fang, what you said is wrong!"
Chen Guokai stood up immediately.
"Then please explain to me, what is 'pure literature'?"
Fang Yan leaned forward and stared at him with "kind eyes".
"Pure literature is..."
Chen Guokai couldn't help but feel nervous under his gaze.
Fang Yan stood quietly, but his eyes seemed to say:
Translation, translation, what the hell is "pure literature"!
I want you to translate it for me!
What the hell is called "pure literature"! !
The atmosphere in the entire classroom suddenly became awkward.
The "pure literature" writers in the audience scratched their heads and tried to explain, but they were unable to explain themselves at the last moment.
"Chief Editor, what exactly is 'pure literature'?"
Lin Xianzhi stopped writing.
“There is still no public opinion in the literary world, it is just a slogan. Scar writers can shout it, and martial arts writers can of course shout it.”
“Why didn’t I think of it? Why didn’t I think of it? Here!”
Fan Hansheng was very excited when he saw the dialect talking among the Confucians. Seeing the students in the class being dumbfounded one by one, Lin Xianzhi cast an admiring look and said with emotion:
"Teacher Fang is indeed Teacher Fang, tall and hard!"
…………
For a long time, the classroom was quiet.
The crowd was like a defeated rooster. Most of them felt that what Teacher Fang said was very reasonable and were speechless. However, there were still a few who were not convinced and whispered:
"Teacher Fang, what do you think pure literature is?"
"In my opinion, before we can define pure literature, we must first understand what type of literature pure literature is."
Dialect is extended based on Shi Tiesheng's division.
Popular literature mainly meets the entertainment needs of the public, while serious literature focuses on social, political, and class-level issues in a specific period, reflecting the times and people's situation in the times and society, such as "Midnight" and "The Lin Family" shop".
Pure literature, on the other hand, faces more humanistic dilemmas.
For example, meditation on death, contemplation on life, and exploration of survival are inherent problems.
There is no clear boundary between these three literary types. A work can be both pure literature and popular at the same time.
(PS: The division of these three literary types comes from Shi Tiesheng.)
"Shasha."
"Shasha."
Fan Hansheng and Lin Xianzhi concentrated on recording Teacher Fang’s views. These are priceless treasures!
After a brief analysis, Fang Yan faced the students in the audience and asked:
"So, can any of you tell me, "A Dream of Red Mansions", a popular novel about worldly affairs? , is it pure literature?"
"This...this..."
One by one, he hesitated and was speechless.
After all, the person standing in front of them was Teacher Fang who was the first to propose the concept of "Four Chinese Classical Masterpieces"!
"So, is "Water Margin," about heroes, considered a martial arts novel?"
Fang Yan looked around and asked, "Is it considered serious literature?"
Kong Jiesheng said bravely: "Fang Teacher, I don’t know if "Water Margin" is serious literature, but if "Water Margin" is a martial arts novel, I am the first to disagree!"
""Water Margin" is indeed not a martial arts novel! Novel.”
"Martial arts novels originated in the Tang Dynasty and were first regarded as a branch of 'legendary literature'."
Dialect slowly started from the origin of martial arts novels.
The legendary novels of the Tang Dynasty can be divided into four categories: Biography, Swordsman, Romance, and Gods and Monsters. Among them, swordsman novels are the predecessors of martial arts novels.
Later it slowly developed into "chivalrous novels", and martial arts culture has continued to exist in Chinese literary creation.
It was not until 1922 that Pingjiang Buxiaosheng's "The Legend of Jianghu" came out and was recognized as the originator of martial arts novels.
Breaking out of the conventions of Ming and Qing novels, knights are no longer vassals of the government or recruited righteous men who use literature to disrupt the law and use force to violate prohibitions. The knights rely on a martial arts world that is different from the rules of the imperial court and are the first to start a dispute among martial arts portals.
Hearing this, Fan Hansheng saw Chen Guokai and others raising objections and doubts:
"Teacher Ke Fang, no matter what, martial arts novels cannot be serious literature."
< br>“Yeah, I can’t figure out how to connect ‘martial arts’ and ‘pure literature’?”
“None of the martial arts novels I have read are like what Teacher Fang said. It’s about confronting the human dilemma.”
"..."
Lin Xianzhi feels that these questions can be summed up in just one sentence.
Can martial arts novels, or martial arts-themed literature, really reach the level of elegance?
“Here, I would like to recommend a few books to my classmates.”
Fang Yan stretched out his first finger, “Mr. Lao She’s martial arts novel, “The Soul-Breaking Gun.”< br>
"Mr. Lao She has written martial arts novels?!"
Everyone's eyes widened, looking like "I don't study well, so don't lie to me."
"Mr. Lao She originally wanted to write a long novel called "The Two Boxers", but due to various reasons, it failed to take shape in the end. He just extracted the main plot and wrote it as "The Soul-Breaking Gun"... …”
The ability to speak these words in dialect is all due to Shen Yanbing’s teachings.
When they heard that Lao She had written martial arts novels, many students who were unfamiliar with martial arts fell silent.
"The second one is Mr. Lu Xun's martial arts novel, "Forging Swords."" Fang Yan held out a second finger.
“Huh?”
“Mr. Lu and Lu Xun also wrote martial arts novels!”
Not only the students present, but also Lin Xianzhi and Fan Hansheng were shocked .
“The third book is "Once Upon a Time" by Mr. Gao Zifeng. This is the first martial arts work to introduce Cantonese dialect into the novel."
Fang Yan stretched out his third finger: "Don't you want to dig deeper into the roots of Eastern Guangdong culture? This is also worth reference."
Fan Hansheng murmured to himself: "Ignorant, ignorant!"< br>
Lin Xianzhi was convinced. Just when he thought Teacher Fang had finished speaking, he stretched out his fourth finger.
"There is another martial arts novel, which may be difficult to find, and it has not been finished."
"Because the author has stopped publishing indefinitely, its name is "The Heroine"."
"Do you know who its author is?"
Everyone shook their heads. When they heard the answer announced by Teacher Fang, they were extremely shocked.
"Teacher Fang, Fang, Fang, the author is really President, President..."
"Yes, the author has gone to save my Chinese nation, so the novel has been suspended indefinitely. ."
Fang Yan nodded, "And there is a comment about literary and artistic work that my teacher told me to keep in mind."
Lin Xianzhi concentrated on writing this sentence down no matter what.
"Who do you think you are if you don't like the things that the people like to hear and see?"
Fang Yan glanced around with a serious look on his face.
(End of this chapter)