Chapter 430 Yu Hua and Su Tong's Anxiety
Chi Zijian was surprised.
The writing is like the person, which does not exist in Yu Hua.
The two introduced each other and heard that the other party was going to take the postgraduate class of Yanshi University, so they chatted together and had a lot of fun.
You must say, Yu Hua is a humorous guy who is very popular with women.
The meeting was held in the hotel conference room at 8:30 the next morning. After the leaders gave enthusiastic speeches, it officially began.
At the meeting, everyone sorted out and reflected on the creative thoughts at that time, and had a heated discussion on the return of realism and how to return.
At the meeting, Lu Yao, a famous writer from Qin Province, became the focus of attention among the participants. His novel "Ordinary World" was very popular last year, and he himself is also a stickler for realistic writing.
This time, Lu Yao did not talk about his previous works, but talked about his feelings during his visit to Italy.
"During the visit, we watched an Italian film, "Miracle of Milan". In order for us Chinese audiences to understand, it was kindly translated into Chinese subtitles. It tells the story of Doudou, an abandoned baby who grew up in an orphanage and drifted to the slums outside Milan when he grew up, and led the poor people to achieve a happy life here."
"Why do I mention this movie here? Because it is a representative work of Italian neo-realist films. The neo-realist films here are very similar to the new realist novels we are discussing now. According to Italian colleagues, this is the second film aesthetic movement after the avant-garde film movement."
Lu Yao spoke eloquently in his nasal Mandarin, and everyone listened carefully, and some even took notes in small notebooks.
How great it is to talk about this!
I have to mention Chinese football
Fang Minghua was also very satisfied.
During the four-day symposium, everyone spoke freely. Regarding the textual characteristics of new realist novels, everyone finally summarized a few points:
1. A rough and simple living state that does not obviously contain cultural implications, a stream of life that does not contain heterogeneity and is particularly imaginative.
2. A concise narrative without any extra description, a unity of pure language and pure life.
Of course, it was mainly several critics and top writers like Lu Yao and Jia Pingwa. Jia Pingwa used his novel Shangzhou as an example to explain his views on new realistic novels.
There are also Chi Li and Liu Zhenyun who have achieved certain achievements in small creations of new reality and introduced their experiences.
People like Yu Hua and Su Tong basically sat with him and listened to others quietly.
They have their own ideas and confusions.
The two lived in the same room.
At the seminar for young and middle-aged writers held in Xijing in 1986, both of them participated, so they also knew each other. They discussed and listened to others' speeches during the day, and exchanged their views in their own rooms at night when they went to bed.
"Yu Hua, what do you think of what they said today?" Su Tong asked.
"To be honest, the more I listen, the more confused I feel. It is completely contrary to some of the writing concepts I accepted before." Yu Hua did not hide his views.
"The essence of avant-garde novels is modernism, while the essence of new realism novels is realism. The two are inherently contradictory. The most significant difference lies in the gap in the form and technique between them." Su Tong, who went to college at Yanshi University, has a deeper foundation in literary theory.
"You have always eaten rice, and now you are suddenly asked to eat steamed buns. Of course, you are not used to it."
After hearing Su Tong's words, Yu Hua laughed.
"Then you say, is it possible to get used to eating rice and steamed buns?" Yu Hua suddenly asked a question.
Su Tong pondered for a while before saying, "It's difficult! I personally think that the two are contradictory."
"But according to Editor Fang, it is obvious that the mainstream of the literary world will return to reality again in the future." Yu Hua's tone was a little anxious.
Su Tong understood Yu Hua's anxiety.
Although he was also classified as a pioneer novelist, compared with the fifth generation of pioneer literary writers recognized in the literary world today - Ma Yuan, Hong Feng, Zhaxi Dawa, Canxue, and Yu Hua, his "avant-garde nature" did not seem to be that sufficient.
Unlike Ma Yuan's fictional experiments, nor Yu Hua's obsession with violence and parody, his avant-garde novels are highly readable, and the words reveal the indulgence and fatigue of the Jiangnan water town.
If the literary world really returns to realistic writing in the future, then his transformation pressure is not as great as Yu Hua, so he is not as anxious as the other party.
"How about we talk to Editor Fang?" Su Tong proposed his idea.
"Okay, let's go now."
At this time, Fang Minghua was in his room and was talking to Bai Miao about the signing of writers.
"I talked to Liu Zhenyun, Chi Li, Liu Heng, and Chi Zijian, and they are willing to sign the "Great God Contract" with us," Bai Miao said.
Fang Minghua was very happy to hear: "Enough, with these four people, plus the original avant-garde writers who have transformed their writing, our "Yanhe" can seize the new writing hotspot in the new literary world."
As they were chatting, they heard someone knocking on the door. Bai Miao went to open the door and saw Yu Hua and Su Tong standing outside.
"Come in, come in. "Fang Minghua greeted warmly.
"Editor-in-Chief Fang, we want to talk to you about some creative issues." Yu Hua went straight to the point.
"Okay, sit down. If there is no place to sit, sit on the bed."
Seeing this, Bai Miao was about to leave, but was stopped by Fang Minghua. "Editor-in-Chief Bai, don't leave, listen together."
After hearing this, Bai Miao also sat down.
Yu Hua had been in contact with Fang Minghua for a long time and was relatively familiar with them, so he explained the doubts he had with Su Tong just now.
Fang Minghua was not surprised by the two people's doubts.
"Yu Hua, I will talk about the issue you mentioned at the seminar tomorrow. The novel itself is formed naturally. It is not something that a critic or editor came up with. It is not something that we at Yanhe put forward a slogan for everyone to talk about. To write this. It’s just that we see such a surging undercurrent, extract this narrative method and narrative strategy from the novel, let it surface, summarize and amplify it.”
"Of course, the writers invited this time are all writers who have made some achievements in this field, and some have writing skills in this field."
"Editor Fang, you mean that Su Tong and I can write new realistic novels?" Yu Hua finally understood what he meant.
"Yes. How about I not invite Mo Yan, Ma Yuan, Liu Sola and the others? I even haven't invited Ge Fei for the time being." Fang Minghua's words were meaningful.
That seems to be the case.
Among the many writers attending the conference, it seems that he and Su Tong were recognized as young writers of avant-garde novels.
Su Tong was overjoyed when he heard this.
But Yu Hua got even more headache after hearing this: "Editor Fang, you asked me to jump from modernism to realism all at once. I find it a bit difficult."
"It's not difficult. I was going to talk about this issue tomorrow. Since you are here, I will tell you in advance." Fang Minghua said with a smile on his face and a sip of tea:
“The literary paths of realism and modernism are not two straight-line processes that can never intersect. They will eventually merge at the same point in their ever-extending movements, and this is the “new realistic novel.”
"Gradually melting the sharp gap between the two, breaking the critical point of distinction, and turning it into a new literary style. This is the goal of the creation of "new realistic novels", the kind of realistic novels and novels in the strict sense Modernist novels will gradually disappear. The mutual infiltration and complementation of the two will form a new pattern of Chinese novel creation."
Fang Minghua talked eloquently.
Su Tong listened very seriously, and Yu Hua was a little confused.
After the two left, Bai Miao, who had been silent until now, spoke: "Editor Fang, you value them both very much."
"Yes." Fang Minghua didn't hide it.
"The 1980s are almost over. Young writers were active in the literary world in the 1990s, including them and Mo Yan."