Ning Chunyan was shocked when he saw "Too Yellow". Then she wouldn't be sleepy if she said this.
"In my opinion, this collection is like using the best knife skills to carve patterns on shit. I don't deny the skills and quality shown in it, but it is fundamentally bad literature. The better the writing, the more reactionary.
"Cheng Xing, you have always been a very talented young man in my opinion. How can you degenerate into being addicted to this kind of literature? I don't understand. Anyone who understands can come forward and explain. ”
The speaker’s name is Zhong Junmin. He is a professor at the Department of Literature at Nanjing University and an expert in ancient Chinese literature.
He has extremely solid academic qualities and is a lovely old man. He taught Ning Chunyan about ancient Chinese literature.
She rarely heard the old man speak in such a stern tone, and she was immediately curious as to why Cheng Xing had offended him.
At this time, another person spoke in the group:
"Teacher Zhong, I don’t quite agree with your point of view. You said this is carving on shit, we must first clarify Qing, is it shit? Love and sex are inherent components of human nature. If you say it is shit, then we are all shit people. The process of our reproduction is making shit, and the history of mankind has become shit. ”
The corners of Ning Chunyan’s lips raised completely. The speaker is Huang Xinghuo, who is also a professor of literature at Nanjing University, and he studies modern and contemporary literature.
His thoughts are more radical and avant-garde, and he and Zhong Junmin are very different not only in personality but also in academics, so you can always see the two quarreling.
However, the quarrel between the two was limited to academics, and there was no conflict in daily life. The two of them were seen eating together in the cafeteria at the last Ningchun Banquet.
Zhong Junmin said: "Huang Xinghuo, please don't use the slippery slope fallacy to misinterpret my meaning. Have I denied that love and sex are the eternal themes of literature? The question is how literature transcends it spiritually. If it does not transcend, what is the difference between humans and animals?"
Huang Xinghuo said: "Human is originally an animal. How to transcend? Abstinence or castration? Does being a monk and restraining human nature like Western medieval believers mean transcendence?"
Zhong Junmin said: "Have you read the collection posted by the little friend Cheng Xing?"
Huang Xinghuo said: "I have read it."
Zhong Junmin said: "What do you think?"
Huang Xinghuo said: "It's very enjoyable."
Zhong Junmin said: "Then this is a behavior of indulging in low-level taste. What you just said is not transcendence, it is nothing more than hedonism. You were just justifying your enjoyment. No need to say more."
Ning Chunyan crossed his legs, lay down in front of the table, and took a sip of water. Start watching the fun seriously.
She was different from others since she was a child. Her parents quarreled, and other children liked to cry uncontrollably, turning the house into a roaring abyss. But she is different. She likes to move a small bench and sit next to it and watch. All he had to do was wave his little fists and shout, "Fight, let's fight."
Huang and Zhong seemed to be arguing about a certain work released by Cheng Xing. Ning Chunyan felt that this matter had nothing to do with her, but that didn't stop her from taking the opportunity to watch.
After a while, Huang Xinghuo accepted the move.
"Is it pleasure or aesthetics? Neither you nor I can deny the pleasure we feel when reading this collection. But you have to make it clear that there is a real object to please me and I get a sense of accomplishment from it. That is pleasure, but that object It doesn’t exist. I simply draw some energy from reading.
“In other words, if someone can make people experience a real sense of identity through words, it has become art. Because this is a simple appreciation of beauty. Aesthetics is literature. ”
Zhong Junmin also came back and said a long paragraph:
"Haha, a typical monist thought. The pleasure you mentioned can be achieved by reading pornographic novels. Of course, this is not a pornographic novel, but I don't agree that you only see the beauty on the surface and ignore the corruption and corruption revealed in the text.
"Writing is to convey Taoism and cultivate one's moral character. These are the tasks that should be shouldered. I don't see any shadow in this collection. I agree with its technique, but I don't agree with its way. "
Huang Xinghuo said: "What is the Tao? What kind of nature should be cultivated? Why do movies and TV series not have to carry morals and can simply entertain people? Why should literature be allowed to carry this burden? Now is the 21st century, stop talking about such outdated ideas. What's more, what else is contained in the Book of Songs? It's not even included in the Book of Songs, so why are you chanting the curse on other works? ”
"How can this collection be compared with the "Book of Songs"? "The Book of Songs" thinks about innocence, does this collection also think about innocence?"
"How can it not be worthy? This collection at least has some thoughts on innocence. The tone of every article I have read so far is melancholy and even contains a hint of compassion. It is this tone that makes it appear serious at the same time as eroticism. This sense of absurdity intertwined with each other is a typical feature of postmodernism."
“Compassion? Do you see compassion in the teasing of love?”
“Compassion is compassion, it is the highest form of human beings. An emotion that is everywhere. Can’t you see compassion in "The Plum in the Golden Lotus"? "
"There is more than just love in "The Plum in the Golden Lotus".
"There is more than love in this collection. There are also icebergs hidden at the bottom."
As the two chatted, the sentences became shorter and shorter, the frequency became faster and faster, and the emotions became stronger and stronger. The fewer words, the greater the consequences. It seems to be a bit of an unhappy ending here.
At this time, another person joined the group chat:
“I watched the whole debate between the two teachers just now, and I also read the collection sent by Cheng Xingjun. I Like the two teachers, I completely agree with the author's writing skills, but I also feel a little regretful that he uses his talent in this way, giving people the feeling of "a beautiful person, but he is a thief", which is always difficult to achieve elegance. ”
The speaker was Qin Huan, a recent emerging author. His recent book "The Sister-in-law Tree" has just topped the literary book sales list on Dangdang.com.
"I don't think so. Where is the hall of elegance? It is in people's hearts. If such words can really enter people's hearts, it doesn't really matter what kind of skin it is."
The speaker was Haoyue, the editor of "Digest".
“Yes, the boundary between elegance and vulgarity in this era has been very blurred. What’s more, this collection gave me a feeling of ‘the vulgar is elegance’ from beginning to end.”
It was the young director Lin Yuhuan who spoke.
"Then the boundary between elegance and vulgarity cannot be completely blurred, right? It is in this era that we should strive towards elegance and run blindly towards kitsch. Is there any hope in this era?"
This is Wu Hongjie, the author of children's books.
"What everyone said just now is reasonable. Controversy is a good thing. Some values become more and more clear as time goes by. If it can bring about controversy, this collection is also valuable. At the same time, I would like to remind everyone that Nabokov's "Lolita" was also very controversial at the time. Don't think that just a few of us can characterize this collection. Only time can determine the literary value of a work..."
This is the well-known writer Zhang Mocun.
“I don’t have such beautiful words as you, and I can’t describe the writing style of this collection. I just kept thinking when I was watching it, it’s really awesome. I can learn a few words to tease the little sister, it will definitely be useful.”
This is the director Lu Yuhao.
“Director Lu, this is your pragmatic view. We are now evaluating the value of this collection of short stories from a literary perspective.”
"Hey, you guys are talking about literature, it doesn't stop me from showing off with practicality."
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The Ning Chun Banquet was amazing.
She has never seen this group so lively. Especially for literature to be so lively.
Although this is a literary group.
Those who engage in literature are also human beings, and they also have emotions and desires. The daily life in this group is to compliment each other's works and exchange various trends and information in the literary and art circles. It is rare to discuss literature in such a serious way.
Everyone in the group has different artistic pursuits. When encountering conflicting opinions, most people will stay silent or skip the topic with laughter and curses. Seeking common ground while reserving differences is not only the secret to maintaining harmony in the diplomacy of major powers, it is also effective in private social interactions.
They rarely want to seriously argue for the value of a work as they do today. Seeing how noisy they were, Ning Chunyan couldn't help but wonder what triggered the infighting in this group.
She tried to scroll up to the starting point of the topic, but couldn't find it, so she had to knock on Cheng Xing and asked him, what collection of short stories did you send, please show me?