"Buzzing."
Fang Yan drove Ni Guangnan and the two back to Zhongguancun, and agreed on a fixed time to visit on the way.
Then he went straight to Shichahai’s house without stopping and put the IBM computer with Hanka installed in the study.
We still need a printer. When I am going to deliver the manuscript of "Hunting" tomorrow, I will make another trip to Zhongguancun.
The next day, Citroen parked steadily in the open-air parking lot of the Writers Association.
Before coming to the editorial office of "Chinese Writers", Fang Yan called Feng Mu in advance.
At this moment, the secretary who had been waiting at the door for a long time led the way to the editor-in-chief's office.
In a small room, Zhang Guangnian and Feng Mu were sitting face to face, chatting happily with each other.
“Senior brother!?”
Fang Yan was surprised.
"Yanzi, here we come!"
Zhang Guangnian laughed and waved.
Feng Mu explained that the two happened to meet at the Writers Association building. As soon as Zhang Guangnian heard that his junior brother had a new work, he wanted to take a look.
“Hey, if you want to read it, just say something.”
Fang Yan handed over the manuscript.
Feng Mu raised his hand and signaled to Zhang Guangnian to look first, then picked up the kettle and proactively poured a cup of tea for Fang Yan:
"Xiao Fang, on behalf of "Chinese Writers", I must express my sincere thanks. You can do it!”
“I don’t dare to do it, I really don’t dare to do it.” Fang Yan waved his hand.
"Deserving it! Absolutely deserving it!"
Feng Mu wants to thank not only for the invitation, but also for publishing such excellent documentary literature in "Chinese Writers" An idea.
The latest issue of "May 19 Long Shot" published in the novel has caused quite a stir in the literary world because it is the first novel in the country to truly record the events before and after the May 19th Incident. It has also triggered discussions among readers, and sales have increased from The original three digits jumped directly to five digits.
"I have also read this novel. It is completely different from traditional reportage. It can be said to be unique."
Zhang Guangnian commented: "There are no real characters appearing; A fictional young man named Hua Zhiming was used to guide the entire May 19th Incident, which was serious in nature and had a bad impact. If it were not for him, , this novel will seem serious but boring.”
“Yes, I wrote directly in the editor’s note, ‘What a long shot with subtle holes! What a long shot that seeks newness and wonder! '"
Feng Mu smiled, "Speaking of which, it's all thanks to Xiao Fang, who strongly recommended Liu Xinwu to write this story."
"Chinese Writers" has made a name for itself through this, so it is natural that the next issue will take advantage of the victory, and this new work by Fang Yan is the secret weapon.
Therefore, Feng Mu valued "Hunting" more than Zhang Guangnian, and read it carefully from top to bottom with 200% expectations.
"Yanzi, what you are writing looks like a fantasy novel?"
Zhang Guangnian frowned.
Fang Yan said: "Brother, to be precise, this is not called magical realism, but illusion realism, but the foundation is still realism." "Illusion realism?"
Zhang Guangnian and Feng Mu looked at each other, then looked at him dubiously.
Dialect said that hallucinatory realism has been widely used by Western critics since the 1970s. It is indeed related to magical realism, but the focus of hallucinatory realism is on "dreams", and dreams are not related to reality. The exterior and interior are mutually exclusive, virtual and real, like a dream or an illusion.
“No wonder the protagonist in the novel, after being slandered, bullied, humiliated and excluded, would dream that he was like an elk in the forest.”
Zhang Guangnian suddenly realized.
"And every time I'm bullied, the dream becomes more realistic, longer-lasting, and more terrifying. It's like others are hell."
Feng Mu sighed, "It's quite a bit like Kafka's "Metamorphosis" "The feeling of ""
"Not only "The Metamorphosis", but also "The Village Doctor", in fact, many of Kafka's novels, actually all of them. It's a huge dream." Fang Yan said, "He is not only a magical realist, but also created a kind of imitation dream novel, and the things he writes have a dreamlike feel."
"Indeed, whether it is or not. What was really dreamed about in a dream, when it falls on the pen or paper, it is full of dream-like feelings."
Zhang Guangnian showed admiration.
Feng Mu nodded in agreement, "Otherwise, how could the people in Kafka's works be so like beetles?"
"Yes, and his "The Castle"." Fang Yan clapped his hands, "We are dreaming It often means that to enter a city, you have to climb a hill, but you can’t climb it, right? In dreams, you are often chased and chased. During the process, my legs were so heavy that I could hardly run fast, and the more anxious I became, the less able I was to run. This is actually a very mysterious state as described in the novel."
"But the world generally thinks that Kafka was in such a state. It's magical realism. As for this hallucination realism..."
There was a hint of hesitation in Feng Mu's tone.
“My ‘hallucination realism’ not only draws on the techniques of magical realism, but also draws on the way of writing dreams in Chinese classical literature, such as the ‘illusionary realm’ of ‘A Dream of Red Mansions’.” Fang Yan said , "Another example is "Peach Blossom Spring", a magic, a A dream, many ancient strange stories and folklore are all a combination of dreams and reality. I just combined the ancient Chinese narrative art with modern realism and used realistic techniques to highlight the scenes in "Hunting". Dreams and fantasies..."
"Listening to what you said, this kind of hallucinatory realism seems to be more suitable for our Chinese literature than magical realism."
Zhang Guangnian raised his eyebrows.
"This is natural, because dreams have a profound influence on traditional Chinese culture."
Dialect said: "Like Zhou Gong's Dream Interpretation and Zhou Yi's Dream Interpretation, they even divided dreams into six types, using The changes in the sun, moon and stars are used to predict good and bad luck, or literary classics with dreams as the theme. Therefore, Zhuang Zhou dreamed of butterflies, Huang Liang's dream, Meng Pen produces flowers, Jiang Lang's talents are exhausted, etc., not to mention classical works such as "A Dream of Red Mansions" and "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". In fact, our analysis of dreams is thousands of years earlier than Freud. . ”
“Your point of view is quite novel.”
Feng Mu thought about it carefully.
Zhang Guangnian said: "The word magic realism makes people easily think of Marquez or Faulkner. Nowadays, there are many avant-garde writers in the literary world who are most keen to imitate them, but few people I really want to localize it and write it using Chinese culture, narrative, and mythology.”
Feng Mu readily agreed, “In fact, imitating or not is not the most important thing. What is really important is to make it Chinese. Xia Shi's story is magical and reasonable. In my opinion, Xiao Fang's "Hunting" can make Chinese writers understand that we can also use our own traditional art to write like this."
"Let them. See a new possibility!"
Zhang Guangnian said categorically: "'Illusion realism' resulting from the collision of traditional dream culture and magical realism."
"Xiao Fang, you have given us "Chinese Writers" a big gift!"
Feng Mu was very excited and couldn't wait to see what kind of impact "Hunting" would have on the literary world after it was published. of wind and waves. (End of this chapter)